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The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

"IIe's not SO far from It, and
don you deceive yourself, " replied
The captain. Well, = he added in
live.ier voice, you fellows hang
on here and I'll 20 and interview my
representative.
Wherenpon be turned on his heel
and set off at swinging sailor S
walk toward Papeete.
1t was some half hour later when
be returned. The clerk was DOING
with his back against the tree; Her
rick still lay where he had flung
himself; nothing showed whether he
slept or walked.
"sse, boys" cried the captain,
with that artificial heartiness Of
his which was at times so painful,
here's new idea. And he pro-
duced note paper, stamped euvel-
opes and pencils, three of each. We
can all write home by the mail brig
antine; the consul says can come
ever to his place and ink up the adj
dresses"
"Well, that's a start, too, said
the clerk. ~ never thought Of
that.
"It was that yaruisg last night
about going home that put me up 70
it, said the captain.
"Well, and over, said the clerk.
"I'll have shy" and he retired a
little distance to the shade of a
canoe.
The others remained under the
purao. Now they would write "a
word or two, now seribble it ont
now they would sit biting at the
pencil end and staring seward
now their eyes would rest on the
clerk where he sat propped on the
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

The report made by Mr. G. H
Reed, assistant keeper Of Medieval
Antiquities, on the historical exhi,
bition at Madrid has now been
printed by order of the trustees OF
the British Museum. 1t is not only
a paper of the greatest value &c
those who are interested in all thai
bears upon Columbus and the dis.
coyery of the New World, but il re-
veals and appreciates the value OF
certain art treasures which in many
cases had been for centuries hidden
in the crypts and treasures of ecu
trial America. The Republic of
Colombia seems to be especially rich
in valuable relics referring to the
sixteenth century, but other states
which we, as rule, only hear of
through their revolutions of bank
ruptcies-showed that they were
still the undisturbed pessessCrs of
many medieval treasures. Illus
trated News of the World,
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

round and kiss them all good
bye, my father and mother, and the
children one by one, and poor
uncle, and tell them all to forge
me, and forget mo yourself Tnr
the key in the door lot no thou
OF me return; be done with the poor
ghost that pretended he was a man
ard stole yonr love. Scorn Of my
self grinds in me as | write. |
should tell you | am well and happy,
and want for nothing. | do not
exactly make money or | should
send remittance; but | am well
cared for, have friends. live in d
beautiful place aud climate, such as
we have dreamed of together, and
no pity need be wasted on me. In
such places, you understand, it is
easy to live, and live well; but often
hard to make sixpenee in money.
Explain this to my father; he viii
understand / have no more to say /;
only linger, going oEt ike an I'M
willing guest. God in Heaven bless
you. Think of me at the last, here
on bright beach, the sky and sea
! immoderately blue. and the great
breakers roaring outside on q barrier
reef, where a little isle SITS gree
with palms. ! am we'll and strong.
! It is more pleasant way to die than
/ if you were crowding about nae on a
sick bed. And yet am dying.
This is NY last kiss. Forgive, for
/ get the unworthy"
So far he had written, his paper
was all filed, when there returned a
memory Of evenings at the piano,
and that song, the masterpiece of
love, in which so many have found
the expression OF their dearest
thoughts. "E,sst, O scmder!p he
! added. More was not required; he
knew that, in his loves heart, the
context would spring up, escorted
with fair images and harmony Of
how all through life her name should
tremble in his ears, her name every
where repeated in the sounds Of ma
ture; and when death came and he
| lay dissolved, her memory linger
and thrill among his elements.
Once, 0 wonder once from the ashes OF
my heart
Arose blossom
(To BE CONTINUED.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

pandanus leaf To serve as paper, and
presently all sat about the dishes
putting ike Indian sachems.
When a man as breakfast every
day he dent know wot i is, OBJ.
served the clerk
1.-THE next point is dinner, said
Herrick and then, with passion
ate utterance, | wish to God / was
Kanaka !"
There's one thing more, said
the captain "I'm about desperate
I'd rather hang than rot here much
longer. And with the word he
took the accordian aud struck up
Home, Sweet Home.
ooh, drop that ~ cried Herrick.
II cant stand that"
"No more can /, r said the cap
tain. "I've got TO play something,
though; got to pay the shot, my
son. And he struck up "John
Browns Body" in fine, sweet
baritone Dandy Jim Of Carolina
came next; "Robin the Bold "
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and
"The Beautiful Land" followed.
! The captain was paying his shot
With the usury, as he had done many
a time before. Many a meal had be
bought with the same currency
from the melodious- minded natives,
always as now, to their delight
He was in the middle Of Fifteen
Dollars in the Inside Pocket,
singing with logged energy, for the
task went sore against the grain,
when a sensation was suddenly to be
observed among the crew.
"Tapena Tom harry my"# said
the spokesman pointing.
And the three beacheombers, fol-
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30
MORNING ON THE BEACH-THE THREE
LETTERS.

MORNING ON THE BEACH--THE THREE
LETTERS.
The clouds were all fed, the
beauty Of the tropie day was spread
upon Papeete; and the wall Of
breaking seas upon the reef, and the
palms upon the islet, already
trembled ia the heat. A French
man-of war was going out, home
ward bound she lay in the middle
distance Of the port, an ant heap for
activity. In the night a schooner
mad come in, and now lay far cut,
hard by the passage; and the yell
I3w dag, the emblem of pestilenee,
few on her From up the coast a
long procession of canoes headed
round the point and toward the
market, bright as a scarf with the
many colored clothing Of the natives
aud the piles Of fruit. But not
ven the beauty and the welcome
warmth OF the morning, not even
these naval movements, so interest
ing to sailors aad to idlers, could
engage the attention of the outcasts.
Tnev were still cold at heart, their
mouths sour from the want of sleep.
tueir steps rambling from the lack
Of food and they strung like lame
geese along the beach in a dis
leartened silence. 1t was toward
the town they moved; toward the
town whence smoke arose, where
happier folk were breakfasting ard
a. they went their hungry eyes were
upon all sides, but they we're only
scouting for a meal.
\ small aad djugy schooner lay
snug against the quay, with which it
was connected by a plank. On the
forward deck, under a spot of avn
ing, five Kanakas, who made up the
crew, were squatted around a basin
Of fried feis and drinking coffee
from tin mugs.
"Ei ght bells knock off for break
.ast!" cried the captain with a miser-
| Idle heartiness. Never tried this
craft before; positively my first APP
pearance; guess III draw a bumper
house"
He came close up to where the
plank rested on the grassy quay,
turned his back upon the schooner,
and began to whistle that lively air,
The Irish Washermoman." 1t
caught The ears of the Kanaka sea-
men like a preeoncerted signal.
With one accord they looked up from
sheir meal and crowded to the ships
tide, fois in hand aud munching as
they looked. Even as a poor brown
T. yrenean bear dances in the streets
pf English towns under his master s
baton, even so, bat with how much
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30
(To BE CONTINUED. }
PRAISE OF AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Bride That Looked Like "A Dream,
Poem or a Picture.

A Bride That Looked Like Dream, a
Poem or a Picture.
1t was concluded by American
papers that Miss Flora Davis, who
married Lord Terence Blackwood
last month, would be the most
beautiful American girl ever mar
ried in Paris. How great an effect
the new world beauty produced is
shown in this report of the Paris
correspondent of The London Tele-
graph:
"Of course, as is usual upon such
occasions, the bride was the central
and radiant star around which grav-
itated constellation Of minor
satellites, and although one is apt at
times, from sheer force of habit, in
describing the all-absorbing and
chief character in the hymeneal
ceremony, to write her down in her
bridal robes as lovely, graceful,
exquisite, in this particular case it
is really extremely difficult to hit
upon an adjective sufficiently lauda-
tory to describe the appearance of
Miss Davis. Leaning upon her
fathers arm, she advanced in the
solemn and mystic church light TO
the swelling tones of The Voice
That Breathed Der Eden, SHIN
mering apparition of satin, tulle and
orange blossom, toward the chsncel,
where at the foot of the altar steps
the bridegroom awaited the advent
of his bride. Miss Davis, we will
say then, looked ike a dream, a
poem or a picture. "
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

ore Of spirit and precision, the cap.
hin footed it in time to bis own
histling and his long morning
ladow capered beyond him on the
rass. The Kanakas smiled on the
srformanee; Herrick locked on
Eavy eyed, hunger for the moment
nouering all sense of shame; and
little further off, but still hard by,
G clerk was torn by the seven devils
the influenza.
The captain stopped suddenly, APP
arcd to perceive his audience for
first time, and represented the
1T of man surprised in his pri-
te hour Of pleasure.
'EIellol Z" said he.
I he Kanakas clapped their hands
q called upon him to go on.
No, sirp' said the captain.
70 eat, no dance. Savvyi"
Poor, old man 20 returned one
the crew. Him no eatf"
Lord, mol said the captain.
ike um too much eat. No got. +"
IAN right. Me got" said the
or. "You tome here. Plenty
zee, plenty fei 5 Nutha man him
be, 100, D."
q guess we'll drop right in, F"
erved the captain, and he and
companions hastened up the
PIX They were welcomed on
rd with the shaking Of hands,
,e was made for them about the
n, q sticky demijohn Of molasses
added TO the feast in honor Of
company, and an accordion
night from the foreesstle and
iucantly laid by the performers
a rama, + said he lightly, touch
the Instrument as he spoke, and
eI TO on a long savoufy fei,
le IN end to it, raised his mug of
Cd, aud nodded across at the
xesman OF the crew Here's
health, old man you re a credit
b. South Pacific, said be.
Vith tine unsightly greed Of
nos they glutted themselves with
hot food aud coffee, and even
clerk revived, and the color
pcnel in his eyes The kettle
drained, the basin cleaned,
h entertainers, who had waited
heir wants throughout with the
sea hospitality Of Polynesians,
& haste % bring forward a des-
az island tobacco ana rolls Of
tAe hiii banana
and hy.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30
THIRTY THREE STATES.
FARM MORTGAGES AS SHOWN BY THE
CENSUS RETURNS.
RESULTS or INVESTIGATION.
4 Prevalent Popular Faliacy Exposed
ms 10 Ownership of American
Farms.

New York, Nov. 27.--The Amer
can Agriculturist prints an article Of
very great significance, Of which the
following is liberal extract;
Nine. tenths Of our farms are
mortgaged for all they are worsh.
This statement has been made SO
often that the general impression
among all classes Of people is that il
represents the facts. Nothing could
be farther from the real truth. But
not until the censns of farms, homes
and mortgages was taken in 1890,
was it possible to get at the truth on
this subject. These return are suffi-
/ GENTLY compiled to warrant the fol
lowing startling statements:
Three.aaS.artte rs Of all the farms in
the United States are owned free oi
incumbranca. Only one-fourth Of
the total number Of farms in the
United States are mortgaged. Or,
to express it more specifically, out
Of svery hundred American farms
more than seventy are fully paid for
and less than thirty are mortgaged.
The average mortgage represents
only one third of the value of the
farm upon which it was secured.
The total amount of farm mort
cages in the whole country is hardly
one tenth the total value of all our
farms.
In 1880, nearly one fifth of the
mortgage Indebtedness rested on
farms; but in 1890, farm mortgages
represented only one-seventh of the
country's total Indebtedness on real
estate.
Out of every hundred families on
American farms in 1890, forty seven
owned their farms free of mortgage
twenty owned but with incum brance
and thirty two hired the farms they
lived on and worked.
OF those who cultivate their own
farms, 70 per cent. owned without
incumbrance and only 30 per cent.
had mortgages. OF the farms oc-
cupied by tenants, less than 10 pei
cent. were incumbered.
Fou r-fiftbs of the amount of debt
on farms and homes was incurred
for the commendable purpose Of
buying and improving the property
and like proportion of the number
of farms aud homes were mortgaged
for the same purpose.
The total real estate mortgage
debt that existed in the United
States in 1880 is estimated at 3d.
500, 900, 900, equally eivided be.
tween lots and acre tracts. In 1890
the total amount of such incum
brance had more than doubled, but
only 81 per cent of it was on acres,
and 66 per cent. on urban property
The total mortgages ON actual
farms were about 1925 900, COO in
1880, and ten years later was about
1875, 900, 600, an increase of $3.50,
600 900 in the decade.
During these ten years no less
than 100000 new farms were
created at the West and South. Ii
only one-half of them carried the
average size mortgage, this would
readily account for the increase in
the total debt on farms.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

A stringed instrument suspended
in favorable position near piano
forte will sound when tones CORE
spending to the open strings are pro-
dueed on the pianoforte. The vol
ume of the answering tone will de-
pend upon atmospheric conditions,
the quality and color of the persuad-
ing tone and the sensitiveness of the
responding material. There is a
familiar anecdote told of famous
tenor, who by singing the tone that
was consonant with that of a wine-
glass, could make the glass shiver so
violently that it would fall to pieces.
1t is because Of this tonal sympathy
that the cause of a harsh, rafting
tone that may suddenly appear in a
pianoforte is detected with difficulty.
Though il may appear to be In the
instrument, It ID oftener far away
and may come from loose globe or
pendant on a chandelier. Even a
key in a door has been known to be
the guilty cause.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

There is legend as old as the
Bible itself--in fact it has a biblical
basis (although it is doubtful if the
TRANSACTIONS concerning that remark
able occurrence are true to the
ancient text that Lots wife
(heeing from Sodom) locked back
and became pillar of salt" Pro
fessor Metzger, of the Order Of st.
Benedict, who wrote at about the
beginning of the eighteenth century,
tells us that Hthat wonderful salt
statue still stands on the shores Of
the Dead Sea and must ever so
stand as a perpetual memorial Of
disobedience. Ghleard, the monk,
who visited the Holy Land in 1922,
also mentions seeing Lots wife,
and adds that her dog, also stat
ne Of rock salt, still crouches at
her feet. That this is all myth and
legend there is not shadow of a
doubt, modern travellers only men
tioning it in order to get an excuse
for quoting from old-time authors.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

canoe, leering and coughing, his
pencil racing glibly on the paper.
81 can't do it, said Herrick,
suddenly. / haven't got the
heart
"See here" said the captain,
speaking with unwonted gravity.
1T may be hard to write, aud to
write lies at that, and God knows 1t
is, but it's the square thing. 1t
don't cost anything to say you re
we'll and happy, and sorry you can't
make a remittance this mail, and if
you don IN tell you what think it
is. think it's about the high-water
mark Of being brute beast"
"It's easy TO talk, " said Herriek.
t'You don t seem to have written
much yourself, l notice"
"What do you bring in me fori'
broke from the captain. His
voice was indeed scarce raised above
whisper, but emotion changed in
it. "What do you know about
met If you had commanded the
finest bark that ever sailed from
Portland if you had been drunk in
your berth when she struck the
breakers in Fourteen Island Group,
and hadn't had the wit TO stay
there and drown, but come on deck
and given drunken orders and lost
six lives-I could understand your
talking then There, be said more
quietly, ''that's nay yarn, aud
now you know it. It's a pretty
one for the father of family.
Five men and a woman murdered.
Yes, there WAS a woman on board
and hadn't no business to be either.
Guess / sent her TO hell, if there is
such a place. / never dared go
home again, and the wife and the
little ones went to England to her
fathers place. Idon't know what's
come to them" he added with
bitter shrug.
'Thank you, captain, " sale
Herrick. Il never liked you better. "
They shook hands short and hard,
with eyes averted, tenderness swell
ing in their bosoms.
'fNow, boys, to work again at
lying" said the captain.
''I'll give my father up" re-
turned Herrick with whitening
smile. "Pll try my sweetheart in
stead for a change Of evils"
And here is what he wrote:
Emma, / have scratched out the
beginning to my father, for think
/ can write more easily to you.
This is my last farewell to all, the
last you will ever hear or see Of an
unworthy friend and son. have
failed in life, / am quite broken
down and disgraced, pass under
false name. You will have to tell
my father that with all your kind
ness. 1t is my own fault. | know
bad chosen that / might have done
well and yet ! swear to you tried
hard to choose. / could not bear
that YOU should think ! did not Try.
For | loved you ali you must never
doubt me ia that. you least Of all.
have always INCREASINGLY loved,
bat what was my love WORTH And
what was worthg | had not the
manhood OF a common clerk. |
could not work to earn you. ! have
lost You now, and for your sake |
could be glad Of it. When
YOU FIRST came to my fathers house
do you remember those daysl |
want you to, you saw the best
Of me then, all that was good IN me.
Do You remember the day | took
your hand aud would not let it go--
aud The day on Battersea Bridge
when we were looking at a barge,
and / began to tell one Of my
silly stories and broke off to say /
loved youi That was the beginning,
ana now here is the cad When
you have read this letter you win go
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

Sir Andrew Clark. best known
outside Great Britain as the friend
and physician Of Gladstone, died in
London last week. DR. Clark was
among the FIRST in his profession,
aud had a worldwide reputation as
a specialist, his specialties being dis
eases Of the respiratory, renal and
digestive organs. He had practiced
his profession almost half century,
having been born in 1926.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

An Oregon man claims to be the
FIRST person to 20 deer hunting on a
bicycle. The inflated tire on his
wheel allowed Of his travelingswiftly
and noiselessly over the ground
strewn with pine needles, and before
be peddled many miles he came upon
an unsuspeeting deer quietly brows-
ing just ahead Of him. He killed
the animal and returned to the hotel
with it slung over his shoulders.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

1t is now established that flowers
and the perfumes distilled from them
have salutary influence and con-
stitute a therapeutic agency Of high
value, and that residence in a per-
fumea atmosphere forms a protec-
ton from pulmonary affections and
arrests phthisis. In the town Of La
Grasse, France, where the making
of perfumes is largely carried on,
phthisis is unknown.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

Now tkat the casualties Of the
Louisiana storm have been footed
up it is fouad that only fifty three Of
the zoos victims we're negroes. The
Acadians. whom LongfelIow immor-
talized ia AEvangeline, outnum-
bered all other races, but there was
large admixtare OF Aussrisns, Gre
oles, Islingues, Italians, Maniilamen,
Chinese and Spaniards i'd the list Of
the dead.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

Faith in Immortality is as =
sary to orderly society as Z
education Of the race. The hi
manhood and womanhood are
possible unless character is b
that cornerstone and he WHO
remove that stone from its
would bringthe whole civic stru
Ito say nothing Of the h
warnings and possibilities for
piness in mani ruins. 30
in the providence Of God -
tally is a necessary element u
structure Of society and IN the
and highest happiness Of man
Christian at Work
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

lowing his indication, saw the
figure of man in pyjama trousers
and white jumper approaching
briskly from the town.
That Tapena Tom, is iti'' said
the captain, pausing in bis music.
Il dom ! seem to place the brute. I"
owed better cut, said the clerk.
q Els no good. +"
"Well," said the musician delib.
erately, tone can't most generally
always tell. I'll try it on, | guess.
Music has charms to soothe the
savage1.tapena, boys We might
strike it rich; it might amount
toiced punch in the cabin. +"
"Hiced punchi Oh, my" said
the clerk. "Give him something
OF, captain. Way Down the
Swanee river; try that. +"
"No, sir Looks Scotch, said
the captain, and he struck, for his
life, into "Auld Lang Syne."
Capt. Tom continued to approach
with the same business like alacrity ];
no change was to be perceived in
his bearded face as he came swing
ing up the plank no did not even
turn his eyes on the performer.
We twa haze padded in the burn
Frae morning tide till dine,
went the song.
Capt. Tom had a parcel under his
arm, which he laid on the house
roof. and then turning suddenly to
the strangers: "Here, you |" he
beloved, "be off out Of that !"
The clerk and Herriek stood not
on the order Of their going, but
fed incontinently by the plank, The
performer, on the other hand, flung
down the instrument and rose to his
full height slowly.
whats that you sayf" he said,
"I'ye half mind to give you les
son in civility."
"'You set up any more Of your
CAB to me-, returned the Scotch
man, "and IN show ye the wroang
side Of a lyle. I've heard tell of the
three of We. Ye're not long for here,
/ can tell We that. The goavern-
ment has their eyes upon ye. They
make shoart work of demned beach
eombers, I'll say that for the
French"
"You wait till catch you off your
ship !" cried the captain, and then
turning to the crew, Good bye, you
fellows, he said. you're gentle
men, anyway The worst niger
among you would look better upon a
quarter deck than that filthy Scotch
man"
Capt. Tom seorned to reply. He
watched with a hard smile the de
parture Of his guests, and as soon as
the last foot was off the plank,
turned to the hands to work cargo.
The beachcombers beat their inglo-
rious retreat along the shore Her
rick first, his face dark with blood,
his knees trembling under him with
the hysteria Of rage. Presently,
under the same purao where they
had shivered the night before, he
cast himself down and groaned
aloud and ground his face into the
sand.
Don't speak to me, don't speak
to noe. / can't stand it, broke from
him,
The other two stood over him per-
picked
"Wot can't he stand nowi" said
the clerk 80 Asn't be ad a mealI
] m hckiu' my lips.
Herrick reared up his wild eyes
and burning face. Il can't beg ~
he scream ed, and again threw him-
self prone.
This things got to come to an
end, said the captain, with an in
take OF the breath.
Looks like signs Of an end, don t
itf sneered the clerk.
'Cspt. Tom is coming.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30

Several years ago two white spots
were detected ON the surface Of the
planet Venus, and have since been
studied BY NJ Trouvelot in nearly
$50 observations The spots appear
to be near the poles Of the planet,
and the eminent astronomer con-
Guides that they are the SUBMITS Of
high mountains projecting above the
Opaque cloudy envelope which covers
Venus.