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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31
A FIGHT WITH PIRATES.
sToRF or A NEW YEAR'S hDTEN-
TURE ny a. N. WESyLEf.
In the straits OF GIbraiter with spank
ing Breeze and ChopPy Sen and
VITA the Kudder damned.
lconrrlrht for rhe rlmes. 1@sl.

January !. iS5i, is calendered In ny
memory as the day On which occurred the
most exciting experience OF my adventu-
reus nfe. was at that time mate OF the
pertha MAY. q staunch little brig Of some
bora.ed and sixty tons. which had sailed
from Boston month bsfore. bound
Tor Naples with a general cargo.
our vessel was commanded by Captain
John Perry. She carried a crew OF eight.
besides the cook. and there was on board
also thc captains wife. odlooklng lass
Of some twcnty-six summers.
on the twenty eighth Of December. we
found ourselves so "a perfect hurricane
oT the coast OF Spain. When 10 had
eb4fed we were minus our b0wsprit and
f1ret1p. besides mourning other minor
damages So The captain put INTO Cadiz
Tor temporary repairs.
bat that was only the beginning OF
oor troubles. We had managed, in pick
.re Up our Boston crew 10 set together
nj. wors, Dot of grumbers 10 has ever
loon my lot Co encounter. Nothing
seemed t0 please them aud when 1--WE Of
,ssr deserted the hiis at Cadiz, we were
miner surprised nor sorry
u.d as they were however, we soon
v.IsIei item back again. for when we un-
f.rt.ok to supply their places, we had on
l.,rI such rabbic OF cut-throats that
FOR iong time the captain hcsitated
d. select % single one OF them. Heaven
knows the best were bad enough, but
finally four Spauiards and a Portuguese
were chosen. and az daybreak on New
Years morning we set sail again for
Naples
At1vl.cht OF the same day. we entered
The Straits OF Gibraltar. with q spanking
breeze and a choppy sea running. We
had b. this time. short as IL was. begun
% discover something of the quality Of
our newcomers. There was "a sort Of
lns0'cEce in their manner which looked
very like the first stages of mutiny.
Knowing that they numbered about half
OF thc men on board, this was for from
a pleasant state of affairs for the mind
tp dwell upon. Moreover. &c seemed
that they had somehow procured liquor,
with which they were celebrating New
Years on their own account
We were as yet, six 20 1--WE, counting the
cook on our side. but one of the old crew
vas very unreliable. Jim Dalton was
a heavy driuker. and under the influence
Of bad whisky had done many unmanly
aud disreputable things. Jim had picked
up a smsttering OF Spanish and conversed
freely with the new hands. AT ali haz-
ards This man must be Kept sober lest
they win him over 20 any murderOus
scheme they might propose TO capture
the ship. He stood as the balance Of
power.
Dalton" cried the captain, sternly,
come aft and take the wheel
Jim looked lOngingly at the whisky bot
de- hesitated q moment. and then sulkily
obeyed the captains order. Bidding me
keep sharp eye on him, the skipper
then went below.
AloLg about s o'clock in the evening
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31
a Desire to Nap After Eating Denotes M
Unhealthy state.

For the healthy a nap in the after
noon Is not necessary. and the brain
will not demand it. II a man finds him
self mapping at Uiat time either he has
eaten too much at his midday meal or
his cerebral circulation is feeble.
IL is the universal habit Of the pig
chat is being fattened TO sleep in his
sly after his midday meal. The work
ing horse, on the other hand, which
gets nothing at midday but a feed OF
coruJa small but highly nutritious neal
does not sleep at all after IT, but is
hour.
One would like TO persuade all literary
workers 10 work in the day and 10
sleep at night. They should never go
for more shan eight hours a day. Early
rising would be good for most Of them.
a cup Of coffee and a piece Of toast at
6:3) o'clock might be followed by an
hours work from seven TO eight. The
V hole hour between seven and eight
should be devoted to q thoroughly good
breakfast and short walk. WORK from
nine to twelve.
Half an hour should then be spent in
gentle sauntering IN the fresh air and
a light lurch should follow-say a chop
and bread, with modicum Of light
pudding From one 10 two i pipe. a
sauntcr. and at two a cup Of black coffee.
From two 20 four, work. at four. a cup
of afternoon tea and 3 rest until five.
From i've 10 six or half past, work. and
at 6.30 the real labors OF the day should
be over and completed.
At seven q. good. well-Cooked. appetiz-
Ing, slowly-eaten dinner. followed by one
cup of black coffee. but no tea. At 1906,
a small cup of cocoa and one or two
pieces of toast. At eleven, bed and
sleep tin six or ESQ., The brain worker
should not work more than FIVE days
week IN this fashion. Tie should have
two cSys Of leisure In the week.
The first OF these should be devoted
to brisk and thoroughly fatiguing ex-
ercise In the open air, and the second 10
loll.ng. lounging. little light reading
and the like This is the kind OF life
which physiology would suggest for the
brain worker and In this scheme OF
life" there is neither space nor necessity
for the afternoon nap.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

minuet waltz which is the very latest in
the realms Of fashionable Teri siclore and
be prepared to instruct six or ten. or more,
people I'm any selected dance i'm given
'inlr Some Of them raw-recruits, who
have probably never danced i'm a parlOr
or ballroom in their lives.
"The awkward squad Of n recruiting
regiment would be fawn-like sylphs in
comparison.
Let me call your attention 20 the fact
that TO learn any kind Of stage dancing
IS work. hard work. You are called to
the professors dancing academy at
A. NJ sleepy and tired, take your lunch
along and you dance till dark. you dance
and petspire and cry with YeXation and
fatigue, every nerve on edge, every
muscle and bone is sore and aches be-
yOud words OF description, all these are
accentuated by the looks of disgust on
he professors face and the certain
know a2ee that the things he continually
muttere when the dancers make stupid
mistakes are not H. the prayer-book out.
Well after many trials and much work
he turns the dance out as finished
Words fail me when I come 70 tell
about rehsarsals. The members Of my
company are rehearsed about Ike num-
hers OF utner companies. the usual cuts
in Their best speeches the arguments
heart-rlrnugs. etc, but myself. Mr.
Marston who puts on my plays generally
saws am par excellence the very
worst ana most awful member Of our
great and worthy profession, to rehearse
from Madame BULardht down TO his prop
etry-man. lie says he'd rather rehearse
Hagenbeck's Cage Of Lions and our own
great electric storm m Goodbye, Sweet
heart" than myself
wanted Turkish costume for La
Tisba so last summer my brother and
myself explored Baxter street, the five
points and street l cannot remember
i'm New York. 1t may be news 10 your
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

lay stunned upon the deck with blow
from the butt OF my musket. He was
bound securely and carried below 10
await further punishment should We be
fortunate enough 20 escape.
In the excitement Of this incident, we
had forgotten about the second boat, and
Hhen yen from Dalton brought us TO the
other side OF the brig, the Rillans were
almost upon us When the cut-throat
spaniards saw this they gave a shout
Of ENCOURAGEMENT one of them. more
enthusiastic than the rest. leaped upon the
rail and bectoned then on eXcitedy;
whereupon Dalton. sezing the capstan
bar. gave the william such n clip that the
fellow let 80 and fell with scream into
The raging waters.
Meantime, We had loaded our muskets
and blazed away. AS good luck would
have IL, the two savages who were row.
ing on one side we're hit, one so badly
that he let his sweep so, and Il was
swiried away by the waves. The other
ceased rowing. but held his grip, while
the unbalanced boat waved dangerously
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31


fifty rifles a scream Of pain, and the
pirates galley drfted helplessiy from our
sight into the darkness. our rescue was
nearer than we had supposed. She
proved 10 be the Alert, a British cruiser
of ten good guns and some half hundred
sharp-shooters.
She had somehow got word OF our dis
aster. and, allowing for wind and tide,
had come fairly close 10 us, when the
fash of our first volley showed her where
we We're.
But she wasn't a bit too soon, for even
If the pirates had not returned 10 the
attack with increased numbers. our cable
was well-nigh chafted through, and an
other fifteen minutes would have seen
our complete destruction.
The brave little woman whose pluck
and presence of mind had saved us now
put on her feminty once more and
promptly tainted. ON our arrival al
Gibraltar. whittier the cruiser towed US.
she was taken down with nervous pros
tration. and IL was not until she set
foot on her native shore again that she
fully recovered from the shock Of her
terrible experience.
That was the way in which 1 passed
the New Year of 1864.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

readers 10 know that there is an Arab
and Turkish colony in New York not
far from the wharyes on the northrurr'
in New York where no English at all is
spoken We went into several Of the low
groceries and shops. one at time, In
that district. II l went into the store
ms brother stood on the pavement out
s.d4 go In case the Mohammedans as
saui'~t me he could call Tor help and
yl.e versa. We found only one get OF
garmetns at all wearabls and they be-
longsd o an cx-chief OF the telegraph
corps IN ConStantlnople. He could speak
only French. Turkish, and Arabic. had
come TO this country but could get no
position because he did not speak English,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

We made each other understand by an
exchange OF polyglot French. but was
looking FOR a lady's dress not n gentle
mans. We could not strike a bargain.
My dear girls, think OF n mans wearing
u short round skirt half way 20 his
knees zrith four hundred and eighty
cores ih it, made like an umbrella
nd sticking straight out like holly
aOch "a full bloom. lie told me that
that WAS his tornure tres Joll and that
= still wore ii on Sundays TO dazzle
the dark eyes OF the dirty hours in New
York 70 remind himself OF his Constanu-
nople conquests.
The property-man I'm putting on play
~ an important factor IL is he who
runs the calcium and lime lights. manu-
features the thunderstorm. the battery Of
balls and small cannon for thunder
crashes. the trees that sway and bend
in the storm. who sets your stage proper
~ and pulls the live angels up into the
picture at the right time. who works the
shower Of sparks, and shakes the snow
box and makes the snow.
The day before the production a dress
rehearsal is usually held. This means
that the scene painters and carpenters
have turned I'm their work. the costumers
and dressmakers have sent or brought
their work. the music has been written
and orchestraed. that is each part
written out especially for each musical
instrument which composes the orchestra.
the thunder is made the snow cut from
white paper, the actresses and actors
repair 70 the theatre and make up and
dress exactly as for n performance be-
fore a thousand people more or less. the
curtain rises and the play is played 10
that dark. big. empty auditorium
the lights and all effects as we'll as the
play and every bit of business are re-
hearsed thoroughly. Then we wait for
the real first night performance. with
fear and trembling. The critics and
the audience will determine on the NOR
row whether our labor is i'm vain or not.
LILLIAN LEWIS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31
North Carolina Items

POlkvllle correspondence Shelby Aurora:
1T Is conceded that the best farmer I'm
this locality IL Miss Mary Powell. She
does her own blowing, and with the helm
OF an invalid sister and a maiden lady
20 do the homework. she pans out this
year 100 bushels Of corn g bushels az
wheat, 1000 pounds lint cotton. 700 pounds
Of pork. etc. Miss powell Is AN egtima-
bic lady and her word IS as 'sood as her
bond"
Henderson Ledger: "As an evidence Of
better and more prosperous times, tho
receipts In the register az deeds ofiice
have fallen OF about one-haif There
are also more cancellations OF mortgages
and deeds than for many years past.
II is indeed gratifying 10 learn that tho
Industrious farmers Of our county are
once more becoming independent OF tho
ruinous mortgage system"
General II. G. Calling. who succeeded
the late Governor FOwle as adjutant-
general OF North Carolina in 1863. is now
living AT Fort Smith. Ark. He Is eighty
six years OF age. General Calling Is a
grandson Of Governor Richard CGswell
lie graduated at West Point IN the class
with General Robert L. Lee. and left
the United States army In 1861.
Rflelgh has made a good record during
the year There has not been a failure
and the four banks have honored Every
check presented and have earned diys-
dends Of eight per cent. The city has
grown steadily and II growing. There
are 10 be very few business changes at
the beginning OF the new year.
Captain ID. II. Hsll, OF the State Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College. declines
the offer OF the presidency OF the college
In Arkansas OF which his father, the
late General ID. II. HIM. was president
His physician recommends his stay here.
when pain and anguish wiring the brow
A mlnisterins angel thou" -Bromo-Seiizer
Summer Weakness, trat tired .seIins.
loss OF appetite ard nervous pros.rltloa
are driven away by Hoods Sarsaparil.a
like mist before the morning sun. To
realize the benehf OF this great medicine.
| give it trial.
1 a.sU-fIoaAfx
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

sure. sniclent. easy-Hood's PiIls.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08
Outrageous Lying.

The old party press has begun early
in the attempt to disrupt the Peo-
pies party or cause any sort of a d.
vision to weaken its strength and if
kept up at the present rate are liable
to override the matter. First they
sent broadcast the lie that Senator
PETER was in favor of new party.
He promptly denied it. Then they
sent out report from Kansas City
manufactured from whole cloth that
Jerry Simpson and other Populists
had held meeting there with a visw
OF organizing a new party. This fake
was promptly exposed, but of course
all the old party papers will circulate
the report and never make the correc-
ton after they know it is a lie. The
object is to keep the diSsatiaed of
the old parties from breaking from
the ranks and joining the new party.
There is no danger that any middle
Of-the-road" PopuliSt will be in the
least affected by these reports, and if
they don't prove bOomerangS for the
parties that hope to profit by such
tactics, We miss our guess for once.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08
Bah

The Standard Of last week youch-
safes the information to its readers
that the PopuliSt party is going to
pieces and extends a cordial invita-
ton to all deSerters of the Sinking
ship" to take refuge on board the
Democratic "whaleback." That is
very kind indeed, but it will be many
years before the Standard will be able
20 convince POpulists that its proph-
ecy has any semblance Of plausibility.
The principles of the Populist party
are immortal and will never die, and
the PopuliSt party seems GER
tain to be the means by which they
are to be put into execution. We
publish communication elsewhere
from a Democrat which may serve as
a pointer to the Standard as to how
rapidly the party is disintegrating.
The author Of this communication
is lifelong Democrat, a thinking
man and he answers the Standards
folly better than we can.
The Standard should have looked
higher for material than to have pub
liShed that falSehOOd about the meet
ing of "kickerS" held at Kansas CITY.
No such meeting was held. 1t was a
fake as are many OF the other
stories being started to shake the con-
fdence of the people in the People's
party. The Peoples party is here to
stay. If any new party is started it
will be done by disconnected Repub-
licanS and Democrats. The machine
Democrats have had their nets spread
to catch the rush of Populists ever
since the party was organized, but I'M
fortunately for them, the rush has
never come and never win come.
They had as well draw in their nets
and cast them on the other side.
They might catch some Republicans.
but no POpulistS.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08

The Monitor copies an edito- |
from the Chicago Inter-Ocean prop,
ably for the bare-faced lies it con-
tains. The item states that the Pop
ulists "were repudiated everywhere:
not even the free-silver sentiment
in the west could be kept in
line," and sin Iowa they did not
increase their vote" The facts
are they did increase their vote
in Iowa and gained in every free-sil-
yer state that held elections. The
G. 0. p. papers should not start their
campaign lies on their rounds so
early. They are liable to become
bOomerangS.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08

If the vote in the counties where
fusion prevailed this year could be
properly divided up and the Demo-
cratic party of it separated out, the
POpuliSt total would undergo a great
shrinkage. Monitor.
Not much. The fusion was mostly
the other way, As in 81, as you ad-
nit, the Democrats generally "voted
with the Republicans to humiliate
the POpuliSts," and the Republicans
will hereafter probably repay them
by rendering what they consider a
fair equivalent" 1t is only a Ques-
tiOn Of time when the two old parties
will form a complete fusion to beat
the POpulists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08

Because they gained a half dozen
county officers over the number they
elected in 1891 at the last election,
the Republicans claim great "vic-
tory" in Kansas. In Nebraska the
Populists elected about two-thirds of
the county officers and yet the Re-
publicanS claim they also carried"
that state because the gOld-bug Dem
ocrats helped them elect supreme
judge. The G. O. p. papers are great
on the claim, but they will find they
will have to face facts hereafter.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08

The campaign Of education inaug-
urated by the Republican press"
seems to be in the line of manufac-
turing fakes about the disruption"
of the Peoples party. In this the
wish is evidently father to tn
thought.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
LATER NEWS.

The A. X. Beck Lum1er Co. of Chi
cago assigned the 14th. Assets, $780,
0JO; liabilities, s25O.OOO.
The Crescent mills of Denver, Colo,
the largest Touring mills in the west,
were burned on the 18th. Loss, $780,
900.
A COAL HEAVIER named John Roggen-
dorf was killed in the hold of whale
back at West SUPERIOR Wis, the 18th.
A bucket holding ton of coal fell upon
him, crushing him down and burying
him in the cargo of the vessel.
THE Senate hotel. three-story build
ing on Madison street. Chicago. was
burned the morning of the l4th. The
following were killed: Harry Godfrey,
Z years of age, son of hardware mer-
chant Of Little Rock, Ark, burned; Ed
ward Short, of Chicago. gambler,
burned and jumped from rear window:
unknown woman, 5 feet inches in
height, burned, removed from bed by
firemen; unknown man, ) feet inches
in heighth, burned in bed: unknown
man, removed to county hospital un-
conscious. died Is minutes after arrival.
Nearly a score were injured.
The steamer Annie Foxon blew up
the l4th near Almosa, on the Snake
river. Oregon. Six persons were killed
and number wounded.
A BILL was introduced the 18th by
Senator voorhees,, of Indiana author
izing the issue of national bank hills to
the fui' value of bonds deposited.
the Merchants National bank in st.
Paul went to the First National bank,
which is the clearing house for banks
in that city, to make settlement. He
carried with him three bags and boy
Each of the bags contained $1,000 in
gold and the box about 81. 900 in change.
The messenger went directly to the re-
ceiving teller's window and placed the
money on ledge which surrounds the
teller's window. A large post is near
by this window. While he was open
ing one of the bags a man suddenly
stepped from behind the post and going
directly up to the ledge grabbed one of
the bags and running around the post
made Immediately for the door. The
messenger. noticing the action, started
at once to try and head off the robber,
and no doubt would have succeeded
had il not been that he was healed off
by man supposed now TO be a eonfed-
crate of the robber. and knocked down.
The robber was successful in making
his escape. 1t is thought the men are
the same ones who had been seen hang
ing around the Security bank in Min
neapolis a few days before.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE official statistics from tho
eighteen provinces affected by cholera
in European Russia show that hun
dreds of persons were dying daily from
the disease.
The Parnellite members OF the Brit
ish parliament have decided that the
home rule bill in its present shape is
unacceptable to the Irish people.
TERRIFIC thunderstorms throughout
Great Britain did immense damage in
the country districts
Is Austria nineteen villages were in
undated and the whole country was
devastated by waterspout
The government has ordered that
physician and a sanitary corps accom-
pany every train running between
Naples and Rome to guard against
cholera
By the burning of the steamer Don
Juan while en- route to Manita from
Hong Kong 200 Cinnamon persisted.
IL the Eperies district in Hungary
clondburst drowned fifty persons and
many head of cattle and destroyed 100
houses
NEAR Cardiff, Wales, a train ran off
the track and rolled over an embanlx-
ment and seventeen persons were killed
and forty were injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
THE EAST.

THE death of Charles G.. Otis, of pas
senger elevator fame, occurred at his
residence in brooklyn, y. Y.
IN New York the Hamilton Loan &
Trust company went into the hands
of a receiver with liabilities of $780,
900.
JOHN MIEsTER, a wealthy baker of
Brooklyn, y. Y, maddened by jealousy
and drink, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself.
AT Swinburne Island hospital in New
York VincenzO Cagliostro, aged %
years. died of Asiatic cholera.
JOHNSTON, Buck & Co., of Ebens-
burg, Pa, conducting banks at Ebens-
burg. Carrolltown and Hastings closed
their doors
THR largest steamboat in the world
was launched at Chester, Pa She will
ply in the Fall River line.
The firm of Henry A. Hartly & Co,
carpet dealers at Boston, failed for
SIPS, 900; assets. 500. 900.
LIZZIE POND, Edith Flay and Ella
John son, aged 10, II and IL years, re-
spectively, were drowned in Newark
bay while bathing at Bayonne, n. J.
4 HE BOSTON dSSeSSDFS estimate the
population of the "Hub" at $50, 900.
The last census shows a population of
446.57O.
SEVEN cholera cases have developed
among the passengers of the Karama-
MIA. recently arrived at New York.
a FINGER has been substituted for a
nose upon Fred Darcy by surgical
operation at Rochester, y. Y.
IN the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 18th were as follows: Dos
ton. $50; Philadelphia. .6O7; Pittsburgh.
.6O2; Cleveland. COZ; New York, .5O6;
Brooklyn. .4s9; Cincinnati, .472; ST.
Louis, .456; Baltimore. .433; Chicago.
400; Louisville. .365; Washington, $50.
IL the presence of many persons of
note the warship Minneapolis was
launched at Philadelphia.
The supreme court of Rhode Island
has sustained Gov. Brown (rep.) in his
act of proroguing the May session of
the legislature before il had elected
state officers This gives the state to
the republicans
Ar the Carnegie mills in pittsburgh,
Pa, the strike inaugurated during the
Homestead trouble in 1892 has just been
declared off.