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liteness. The French commandant invited
us to remain for mid6av breakfast. We
accepted his invitation. We chatted with
the officers of the station, but during the
wait and during the long breakfast there
was not a word said upon any subject which
gave us the slightest information concerning
what we wished to know. Naturally we
did not dare to ask any questions Yet this
lack of information, this absence of any ref
erence to anything unusual did not some
way satisfy US that everything was all right.
At the close of the breakfast the command
ant selected young officer of his staff and
directed him to turn out with guard of
honor to accompany us back to our boat.
The commandant In giving his Instructions
added, When these gentlemen are ready to
depart give them my message This phrase
sent cold chill through our company. We
felt that everything was not all right.
He Was Shot at Four O'Clock
"We marched back in silence to our boat
When everyone was in position and the
oars were apeak ready to let fall and pull
away the young French officer said, with
his hand at his head in an attitude of mill
tary salute:
"This is the message of the commandant
of this post He wishes me first to present
to you his compliments You are brave and
honorable men. You have attempted to do
q merciful act Last night a prisoner
escaped from this island. He was
seen by the sentry as he entered the water.
He was seen to swim out in the direction of
your ship. We all saw that he was taken
on board. Every gun in the battery on this
island was brought to bear on your ship
awaiting your decision. We saw vou when
you let fall the boat to bring the prisoner
back. We watched the boat advance to
the island through our night glasses. We
received the prisoner as soon as you landed
him. Gentlemen, the prisoner was shot at
4 o'clock this morning."
This remarkable story, remarkable from
its dramatic and pathetic qualities, made
deep impression upon my mind. Several
months afterward was guest in the house
of Miss Mary Anderson, the celebrated
actress, at her home at Hampstead, near
London. Miss Anderson spoke of the
dramas of real life and as an illustration of
her thought related to her General Rem
ey's story.
Recitrd by Mary Anderson.
She asked me to write it out for her Just
as he told ii. She said that she had never
heard story which had SO deeply moved
her, and which presented in simple FASH
ion such cruelty vivid picture of unhappi-
ness and misery.
'Two years later met Miss Anderson in
Marseilles. She was then on her way with
her mother to the Riviera in search of rest
and health. She said that one day in Paris
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4 Cry OF Hgn tions of legal in
rerest His position is that of a Judge ofa
court of the highest appeal in the service of
he navy. He is gentleman in the neigh
bOrhood of 40 years OF age.
One dav, when I was in his Office, he
turned from the perusal of some papers on
The desk before him and told me a most re-
markable story. This story was suggested
by map of South America attached to the
papers which he was examining. Pointing
TO little SPOT upon the map to the north
east of the coast of Brazil he said:
That is Salute Island. 1t is French
convict station. 1t is a barren strip of
sandy desert, bare absolutely of vegetation.
L lies very low and is wholly unprotected
from the glare of the tropical sun. Life
here has not one attractive feature. Only
0nvicts of the most unfortunate character
re sent TO the island.
Almost Equivalent to Death Sentence.
Feyers are common. In the despair and
discomfort of this hideous life the prisoners
lie like sheep. To be sent to this island is
lmost equivalent to being sentenced to
leath. The Sisters of Charity go there and
hat animates them. They go there and
share the miseries and discomforts and
oeaths which are common to all on the
land.
as attached s number of years ago to
eet in the South Atlantic, and during
curse of our journeving we anchored
alute Island. One night sat upon the
tx in the company of another officer. We
just finished dinner below. 1t was
tr moonlight night with occasional sour
S OF cloud, which made the night light at
mes uncertain and dim. We were lazily
mnking our after-dinner cigars, when I
aaarl cry of 'Helpr from the water be-
,ew, followed by splash. 1 ran immedi-
ately to the rail, as 1 thought it was case
Of man overheard. But there was Q
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replied the prisoner, any prisoner who at
tempts to escape is shot. \ A 8 o'clock the
rounds of the cells are made. If prisoner
is absent at that hour his absence is con-
sidered as proof of an attempt to get away.
sour American Admiral started as if he
had heard the crack of shot
it riew?'
"He pulled out his watch as he spoke
with q nervous wrench.
1t Is only 20 minutes to 9! I will get
you back
"Without seconds delay the Admiral
turned to the side of the sh ip opposite the
island. A few hurried orders were given in
low tone A boat was dropped. The
oars were promptly muffled and q
boats crew clambered down like monkeys
The prisoner was hidden in the bottom of
of the boat and within four min
utes from the time the order was given the
boat shot out on its errand of mercy toward
the island. A little black cloud came across
the moon just as the boat started, IS if the
elements were lending kindly hand in con.
cealing the return of the unhappy man.
The officers who had heard the story all
swarmed to the rail with their glasses We
watched in the darkness for the appearance
of lights or some signal of alarm. The boat
iohuco WAtuout sluRlc Sign Vi uisturo oeucc.
The prisoner was back few minutes before
9, in ample time to return to his cell. A
sigh of relief was bresthed by us all when
we saw the boat coming back and nowhere
any evidence of anything unusual in the ap-
pearance of the island.
Many Doubts and MisgivIngs.
'But still we felt very uneasy. The Ad-
miral walked up and down talking about
the poor man. Some way we felt that it
was not all right. We could not feel GER
tain of his escape We sat up nearly all
night studying the island through our
glasses
1.-THE next morning we felt that we must
satisfy some way our doubts The Admiral
decided to pay a visit of ceremony to the
French military commander of the island.
The officers on board our ship were invited
to accompany him. We thought surely in
a visit of this kind we would hear if any
unusual event like an attempt at an escape
or an execution had taken place.
"We all put on full uniforms for visit of
ceremony. The Admiral's gig was lowered
and we set out for the island about 10
O'Clock. We were received with great po-
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rasped it across that spot until 1 finally
wore the skin through, and then got the
knife inside and actually tore hole across
his throat that wasn't long in putting an
end to the fight.
when I at last was at liberty to take
what was left Of me ashore, and did so,
Leroy Lyman stepped from behind tree
and looked so pleased that knew he had
seen the whole performance, and that made
me feel worse than the way the buck had
him day or two before that could whip
without weapons any deer, wounded or well,
that ever was rash enough to let me get nv
hands on it-something that I changed nv
mind on after the rattling that old buck
gave me in the hole in the brook"
ED MOTT
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she was guest of Lord Lytten, the British
Ambassador. After the dinner Miss Ander-
son was asked if she would recite something.
She complied and recited the story of Sa-
lutte Island. Miss Anderson said that she
had never in her life made any dramatic
recitation which had produced a greater
effect 1t was at a reception after the din
ner that the recitation was made. The
room was filled with distinguished guests.
During the recitation there was absolute
silence. The brutal climax of the story
came upon the audience with q shock like a
blow in the face.
Lord Lytton's son, then Is years of age,
was present He had inherited the literary
qualities Of his distinguished grandfather
and father The lad was so deeply moved
by the story that he took up his pen a day
or two afterward and embodied the story in
a poem This poem has since been published
in England. 7. C. CRAWFORD.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
Improved Hay Stacker.

Farmers will be interested in q new hay
stacker which can be erected in q shed or
barn, or any place where hay OF straw is to
be stacked. The device receives the hay or
straw directly from the fork, and can be
manipulated from the wagon so as to dis
tribute the load on any side of the stack
desired. 1t consists OF platform with an
or Sy two rones or eables nsbsr
cables are provided by which the frame and
platform are rotated upon a central post to
receive the straw or hay delivered by the
fork, and denosit it directly on any side of
the stack. By this innovation it Is proposed
to effect great saving in labor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
A TREASURE In A BUCKET.

The Efusion OF Poetess of Passion That
Went to the Wrong Fellow.
'Socrates Suooks" sends the following
for publication: The other day, while prob
ing the mysteries of my dinner bucket, I
came across scrap of paper on which was
written song that found as easy to digest
as the pie on which it rested. 1t didn't
take me long to discover that that song had
been put into the wrong dinner bucket
Alas! Would that my name were Frank!
Now, as know neither the fair authoress
nor the lucky swain of whom she sings, it
is maifest that I am guilty of no breach of
confidence in sending that song for publica-
tion. Moreover, it is desirable that Frank
should see that song, so that he, according
to his temperament, may fly to the arms Of
his loved and loving one, or fight shy of .
possible future poetess of passion; and
where, ask, is he more likely to see il
than in the columns OF The DIsPATCH7
The lady neglected to prefix title to her
love lay, and 1t is with difidence that I
suggest that it be called "How Frank Got
There With Both Feet" Here 1t is:
When my Frank first came a-wooing
Bashfully he hung his head;
Ny delight was in reviewing
All the things he left unsaidi
Hey. for the summertfme!
Io. for the summertime sweet
When my Frank came a-wooIng.
When my Frank first came a-wooing,
Tremblingly he pressed my hand,
While his eyes were mutely suring
All his love I'D understand.
Hey, for the summertimel eto.
When my Frank first came a-wooing,
e. Mock vexation would play;
Pouting lips we're his undoing,
For lhe kissed the pouts away.
Hey, for the summertimei etc.
It seems to me that the best thing about
that song is the etc.-the things that were
left unsung. Possibly Frank will think
differently, but that, at all events, is my
opinion, s.
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Hydraulic Testing.

A plant for hydraulic testing purposes is
to be installed near the town of Santfia,
Italy. The proposed establishment is in
tended for the determination of many
points at present more or less obscure in
the flow Of water through large sluices 1t
is to be located between the Cavour ard the
Cigliano canals, where the requisite volume
OF water for sucl experiments can easily be
obtained. the Cigliano Canal being elevated
about 88L feet above the Cavour Canal.
The preliminary plans provide for the con-
etruction OF large and small sluice, meas
uring basins and weirs, and accommodation
1or the testing of Eli kinds of hydraulic ap.
paratuS.
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gouged by this time, and began to get my
own dander up.

gouged Dy this time, ana began 10 ges NY
own dander up.
Anxious for ReinforcenentsL
Just as I made my lunge at the deer's
neck with my knife, with result SO dis
astrous to the knife, Jonathan Gard came up,
and was taking in the circus from the bank.
Fetch me your knife Jonathan, shouted.
Jonathan didn't bother to fetch me his
knife, but took 1t out of his pocket and, as
came up from dive on the bucks horns,
tossed it at me- I missed it. and it fell in
the water right under the bucks neck
When went down again felt around for
1t and actually found it. Iwasn't much en-
'couraged, though, after got it, for it was
one of these shilling knives that have to be
heated before they will cut butter.
81 didn't have time, though, to send JON
athan back to town after good knife, and
80 I began saving away with it on the
bucks neck. began way up close to his
head, but worked the knife all the way
down to the gullet before I could find o
place where 1t would take hold. Then I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
The Notion Of Piping Coal.

Apropos Of the proposal to pipe coal to the
seaboard, the quantity Of coal that can be
carried by pipe in q given time is astonish-
ing. pipe Of inches diameter at LOO
pounds pressure per square fnch Will de-
liver over 800 tons per day; y lsinch pipe
will deliver 5000 tons per ~ houra It liz
proposed, in carrying out this principle on Q
large scale, to have pumping stations from
% miles apart according 70 grAoA
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Tell 'Em Howdy.

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPAfcH.1
Ye tink dat chile done favah met
Well, can't say how dat may be,
Sum tink he look des lax he paw,
Sum say he imidge OBJ he NAV.
Dat nose of his'n. nat and close,
] tink hit favah paw de mos;
Dem gret big eyes OBJ his he may
Git frum he maw, dat wat dey say.
But honey, wat ca bout DAFT
ony knows yuz roun' an lat
An sof' an cute an mighty sweet, .
An plenty good enuf ter eat!
Now, son, set up am he good chile,
Dem leetle bran new tools OBJ yo'n
Dat bit NY fngahs ter de bone.
But law! he did it des in play,
'Twuz lax ez If he meant ter say,
II knows de use OF tOofs-ter eat,
An yer can't fool me, dis liz meat"
Stop suokin' OBJ dat leetle fis'
An nabe yo' leetle han lax dis,
An tell de ladiz "howdy." Soni
He won't show or fer anyonei
De fus' ting at de peek OBJ day
Dat chile sit up in bed an say,
"Maw! howdy, mawT' an pull my har
Wild all he might, do declar,
An when he paw go of ter work,
From out my AIMS, po' leeJle man,
A-yeilin' "howdyp 1oud'z he can.
Ap' wen he paw git home at night,
HIT sut'n'y am u pooty sight
Ter see dat baby laf an crow
An "howdy" wen he paw hello"
Dat bout De Ony wud he know,
An wen folks como an wen dey 70,
Ef dey doan tex no note OBJ him,
He call out "howdy" leetle nmbi
But eff dey coax him, des dat sho'
He suck he leetle fis' de mo-.
Hit pea'hs ter me dat des de way
Dat big folks actin ebry day;
Des coax, an mex dem tink dey'Z sum
An all de muller dey, becum
But des yu leab dem ter deysef-
Come roun' 50 quick hit tex yo' bref
Now wat tell yu! des see derel
He tfnk we done iergit ter ca,
An so he up an show he trick,
My Dressed lamb but yu IL slicki
Yes, tell 'em "howdy," leetle man,
An watch 'em des ez fur'z yu can,
Mysef, doan tink q man quite right
Dat doan watch ladia OUT oh sight.
AIH1 VnaIxIA CuL1z11so1.
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Strong Argument Against Cremation.

DR.. Buchanan, the New York wife mur.
derer, saws that he regrets that he did not
have the remains of his wife cremated
This suggests grim possibility whose
truthfulness cannot be questioned. The
facility for getting rid OF the victims of
poison, and at the same time of the most
convincing evidence of guilt by cremation,
IL one Of the greatest objections to this
method ofdisposing Of sths deed :. :.
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= ever q man got q
rattling up by a
deer, that man was
me-" said Dave Calk-
ins. Of Fishing
Creek, who has had
q good deal to do
with deer and bears
In his time. SIT
was when deer were
moro n u me rou 8
around on these hills
than most of the
farmers had sheep,
and that wasn't such
a long time ago,
either. One day in
the fall Leroy Ly-
man, who had killed
more deer and bears
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
Wanted His Charge to Make Sac, fioes.

DR.. Pierson, who has so acceptably filled
Spurgeon's pulpit for several months, re-
Gently preached q sermon asking for money.
He inquired why some of his auditors
would not give up smoking and devote the
results of this economy to charity and sug-
gested that ladies might likewise make
sacrifices by selling, or sending him to sell,
some of their jewelry. The very next even
ing, while he was sitting with his dsacons
in council, box was handed into the room,
and, upon examination, was found to be full
of costly jewels
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10

q DIG E Advo-
cate Gen eral
Remey, of the
q tied States
n q w. has a
handsome Office
on the East side
of the great War
and Navy De-
partment buliu-
ing. G IN g nl
Remey is the
h ig b st officer
char ged with
records Of the
court martial
trials of naval
omcers He also
] asses upon con-
tracts and ques-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
Southern Republican statea

SC. Louis GIobe-Democrat.
South Carolina went Republican In 1879
and also In 1858 and 1876 In addition to
South Carolina the following ex-slave
States also went Republican in 1872: Della
ware, Arksnsas, Virginia, West Virgins,
Nortn Carolina Florida. Alabama Mississ.
ippd md LouisianG' g
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"A POLO, 000th part of an inch difference
in the thickness of the strip makes a differ.
ence in the running OF q watch of about six
minutes per hour.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
DUCKED BY A DEER.
A Boastful Nimrod's Lively Expert
ence With . Wounded Buck.
DUEL IN THE BED OLA CREEK
The Animal Got Mad and Soused His As
sailsnt Unmsrcifully.
HARD sLAsHINa AT THE JUGULAR

rcoRRfsroNDENcR or THE DrsPAroH.1
ROULETTE. Julv 7.
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AN ISLAND TRAGEDY.
The Experience of Judge Ad.
VOcate General Remey Off
the Coast of Brazil.
A C0NVICTS SAD END.
He Swan to an American Nan-of-
War to Plead for His Liberty.
RETURNED ONLY TO BIZ SHOT.
Facts About One of Mary Andersons Most
Touching Recitals
TOLD IN METER BY LORD LYTTONS son
A CONVICTS SAD END.
RETURNED ONLY TO BIZ SHOT.

WRITTEN FOR THE DrsPArcH.l
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-04

~ am tor free commerce with all
nations. ',-rhOmRs Jefferson.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-04
LaGlessness-T u China.

LONDON, Jan A dispatch from
Shanghai Just received states that not
withstanding the punishment recently
inflicted by the imperial troops upon the
MOngolian outlaws who committed Sc
many depredations in Manchurin the
lawless bands are again marauding in
the northern part of China. 1t is re-
ported these bands have destroyed a
number of temples in that section OF
China, but no religious or political i'm
portance attaches to the movement,
which is thus termed in lieu of better
word to describe it, lawless. 1t is be.
ieved it is not a preconcerted rising
against the Chinese authorities. In fact,
the dispatches of to-day say that the
matter is partly due to agrarian troubles,
the Mongolians being land owners, and
that the marauders include large num-
Der of Shan Tung farmers This dis
patch further says that Lii Hung Chang,
the viceroy, is recovering from "a recent
attack of illness and that he is so far
convalescent that he will be able to at
tend to government business. He has,
as in the recent troubles. assumed the di-
rection and disposal of the military
forces and is dispatching cavalry to re.
press the lawlessness and if possible cap
ture the marauders.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-04
"Hypn6fized" by bromide.

New YORK, Jan. 4.-Belmont Voul-
lalre, the Harlem real estate man has re-
covered his wife and baby Winona. who
disappeared from their home in West
One Hundred and Twenty street
some time ago. Mrs. Voullaire was found
in Boston. where she had been induced
to go with Matilda Jardine a servant
Noullare found his wife by the cleverest
sort of detective work. He gave up his
position when his wife disappeared on
Dec. 3, and with a purse of $40O sub
scIibed by friends. he began the search
He learned the Jardine woman had an
illegitimate child on Staten Island. and
that she made frequent visits there. He
finally located the home of the child and
forced from its nurse, a negro woman, a
confession that the Jardine woman had
packed a trunk there. This trunk he
traced to the Fall River Steamboat com
pany's pier in this city. He found that
1t had been shipped to Providence Go
ing on to Providence he learned that his
wife had earned few dollars there max
ing fancy work, and that she had taken
train for the east Voullaire went to
Boston. There he watched the want
columns of the newspapers, thinking his
wife would advertise to do fancy work.
His etforts were rewarded. On Friday
last he traced an lad" of this kind to d
cheap clearinghouse in South Boston and
found his wife and baby on the verge OF
starvation. Mrs. Voullaire was over
joyed. Voullaire tried to induce the
Jardine woman to return to New York
but she saw through his scheme and
escaped. Mrs. Voullaire says the Jardin
woman held great influence over her.
and that she was forced to do her bid
ding. This influence Voullaire says.
was gained by giving his wife bromide
of potassium. The reunited family re,
turned to New York last Saturday.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-04
Shooting at Yoaknm.

YoAKUM, Tex, Jan. A sad shoot
iKg scrape occurred here Saturday, in
which Thos. F. Bracey was seriously
wounded by VIM. A. Fink on the plat
form of the freight depot Fink and
Bracey had been at outs for some time.
and wrangle occurred shortly before
the shooting in regard to some freight,
at which time Bracey drew knife on
Fink. Later they met again, which re-
suited IN Fink shooting Bracey three
times with a revolver. After the shoot.
ing Fink went home, and arming him
self with doublebarreled shotgun, fled
out of town about half mile, where he
was brought to bay by officers in pur-
suit, He stood off the officers for some
time, until his wife, bride of nine days,
came and persuaded him to surrender
without bloodshed. Upon arrest he
waived a preliminary examination and
was taken to Cuero to await the action
of the grand jury. Neither of them were
strikers.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-04

Senator Hill, in his speech, in AL
bany Dec. 81 said: "Pass no free coin
age bill. Grapple to undo the worst
work of the Billion Dollar Congress,
demand the repeal of the Sherman
silver law, aud the Mckinley tariff
law Put the country and its silver
laws and its tariff laws back where
they stood before the party's misad,
venture in 1885, Hill is making
hescountry sick, bowling about the
Billion Dollar Congress. By the way,
who was it said Hill favored free
cOinageH