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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-22

lie was ON hand AZ the ~.a,,;r ..
breakfast. however. and was ON, q
the first to coneratuls.e The hr;dc
After the wedd;no th;nvs wars
on as usual Mt the .nalow mars;an
and a handsome presept from W
Arrows almost fabulous wealth mite
restored Mr.. Ludlow's bus;nsss
credit. Flo and Blanche took turns
visiting at Grace, . handsome home
on the avenue and Flo as the ela-
est had the privilege Of attend,ng
hall and cnera .,5a~ h.
protecting wing
Here ii always happened Tint
Grant Aubrey met them. and ..peo-
ple," that vague oracle. began to
whisper OF positive engagement
this time between Flo Ludlow and
Mr.. Aubrey. He certainly appear
ed to be devotion itself. and attend
ed closely upon the footsteps of this
rather exacting yonng lady
At times he would meet Grace.s
ewes with one Of his old-t;me tand.
er glances, and she. reading with
woman's quick intuition this mans
heart, would warn Flo against him.
Girls of twenty are proverbially
headstrong, and, in spite of Grace's
endeavors, he kept closely beside
them at watering places and noun
tains.
Grace wisely avoided him as
much as possible, and surely never
man had a more exemplary or de.
voted wife than she proved to her
rather exacting husband. There
were thorns in her married life. but
few, to see the elegant figure and
smiling face of Mrs. Arrow would
have dreamed of the utter black
ness of her existence. the terrible
strain upon nerves and heart she
daily underwent with the courage
of a Spartan.
A woman either finds hanpiness
or misery upon the day she becomes
a wife. and to Grace. with n heart
filed with an old romance. happi-
ness had become impossible.
As an inexperienced girl she had
planned her future. Knowing she
could never love the man she was
abeut to marry. she had vet praver-
fully resolved to be a dutiful good
wife; and, misfaking the dumb ap-
ony of her sleeping heart for indif-
ference. she had decided that the
love of her girlhood had been a
myth, and that she. as a sensible
woman, was capable of becoming a
better wife. than If she brought to
Ralph Alroy foolish exacting love.
Thus With sophistry do fashionable
women silence the still small voice
which bids them pause ere they
wreck two lives BY selling them
solves for worldly gain.
Mr.. Alroy was not a peculiar man,
but typical of a class often met at
summer-resorts. Quiet, gentleman
", despising fashion, yet always
lingering in its glow, he had been
a bachelor of forty-ave, with large
fortune, and as yet untouched heart.
We will not try to make hero of
the man, for he had some contemp-
tible traits of character, and these
perhaps will explain Grace's grow
ing aversion, as she discovered af-
ter six months of married life that
her dreams of future peace had been
nothing hut dreams. and beinv !,
wife meant in reality an intolerable
slavery OF even Ter most sacred
thoughts and feelings to the man
she must call master.
Pride. the only alloy in the pure
gold of her nature, upheld her. and
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-22

Parties having Real or Personal Prep
sr Y is'r sale can obtain descriptive hand
bisis nssfly exec'Ised and ~ City PriFss.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
BIRDsEYE VIEW OF NICARAGUA CANAL TERRITORY

I had more profound knowledge on
the technical details of law, but none
have seen the law more truly in its
immediate relation to public welfare.
Other men have been more devoted to
research and gathered richer stores
of erudition to throw light up
on the law, but few, il
any have known so well how to inspire
others in research, or with such good
Judgment to select from it's fruits
that which was of prime Importance
to his purpose. There have been other
men more given to close and sustained
reasoning, but few able to put such
forceful personality into the presen-
tation of legal reasoning. There have
been other lawyers with more notable
gifts of wit, humor, satire and invec-
tive, but few If any whose prepossessipg
presence and keen minded powers, in
a personal controversy delivered hard
err blows or sharper thrusts, yet with
so much respect for forensic and par
liamentary proprieties Others have
been more eloquent to the popular
appreciation, but few have had such a
vigorous grasp of thought or such
convincing power IN forcing hesitat-
ing minds to a firm conclusion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

The Philadelphia Inquirer con-
graduates Postmaster General Bis
sell upon the magnificent stroke
which he has just delivered in the
interest OF purified civil service
Up in the town OF Lancaster, in that
state there was letter carrier who
was also a member of the local civil
service association. The dispatches
say he was secretary of the local
board He had an idea that he was
there for some purpose and when he
discovered that the civil service law
was being violated he promptly re-
ported the matter to the postoffce
department. Being direct and
apparently manly fellow he at.
tached his name to the letter con-
tanning the complaint. Then he sat
down and waited for developments
The developments arrived in Lam
caster the other day. The case has
evidently puzzled that enthusiastic
rcformer, Postmaster General Bis
sell, very much. He held the mat
ter under consideration for several
days, and is believed to have called
into consultation the other great
"eformer. Logan Carlisle. Bissell
and Carlisle were equal to the issue
and after debating it for some time
reached the eminently proper con-
clusion that the complaining letter
carrier must be discharged. 1t was
necessary for the discipline OF the
service.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

We have no doubt that some ill
natured people will be inclined to re-
garo this as blow at real civil SER
vice reform, but they will not re-
ceive much encouragement Under
this administration some peculiar
methods OF advancing the reform
cause are being employed, but the
cause moves gloriously on. There
has lately been a decrease in the
number OF postnasters removed, but
the department. is not to be censured
for that 1t had "fred" the great
majority Of them out weeks ago
Likewise in the consular service land
IL competency and familiarity with
the duties of an Office are important
anywhere they are important in the
consular branch) a clean sweep has
been made.
But the treatment accorded to the
Lancaster man will have one good
effect Mr. Bissell proposes to have
reform IN his department. If he has
to discharge every man who discov-
ers that the law is being violated.
He will consequently not be greatly
troubled with complaints like that
which was sent In from Lancaster
Discipline must be maintained.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

sidered, but all the others have been
abandoned except the route via Lake
Nicaragua. The advocates of this
route claim for it that it's position is
unique. exceeding Gibraltar in strategic
value: that the way lies through a
country for the most part salubrious
and rich in natural resources and that
the possession of an interoceanic canal
there by the United States government
would constitute perpetual assertion
of the Monroe doctrine The distance
across the isthmus is 100 miles; but 121
miles can be traversed by way of Lake
Nicaragua and the San Juan river,
already navigable by ocean vessels,
and twenty two miles more traversed
by natural basins to be filed, so that
only twenty six miles of artificial canal
cutting is needed, far less than at
Panama.
Besides, the land to be traversed is
the lowest depression in the entire
Cordillera range, between the Arctic
sea and the straits of Magellan. The
crest line and reservoir of the canal
would be Lake Nicaragua itself, only
ITO feet above the sea level Its out
let, the San Juan river, can be awaited
of for navigation sixty-five miles and
the lake itself is fifty-six miles; so
that by cutting and upbuilding chan
nels from the Pacific ocean twelve
miles, and from the Caribbean sea
westward to the river thirty-six miles,
a continuous waterway can be OBJ
tanned, which by means of locks and
dams can be navigated from ocean to
ocean.
The present enterprise is being con-
Quoted under a concession granted by
Nicaragua and Costa Rica to an organi-
zation of American citizens known as
the Nicaragua Canal association,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

though Engineer A. G. Menocal, who
had been employed by the United
States government and had visited the
country ten times to prosecute surveys
A treaty had been negotiated in 1884
between this government and Nicara-
qua, providing for the construction of
a canal, under arrangements that pre-
served the sovereignty of Nicaragua,
in addition to securing to all the Cen
trail American republics as well as the
United States the benefits tat might
arise, and pledging the United States
to defend the territorial integrity of
the states wherein her interests lie.
That treaty was never ratified and the
older treaty of 1867, by which the
United States government may have
the right of transit between the two
oceans ON equal terms with Nicaragua,
is still i'll force.
The Menocal concession provides for
the privilege for ninety-nine years and
liberty to renew for ninety nine years
more People of all nations are to be
permitted to contribute, but per cent
of the su subscriptions are reserved to the
Central American republics, and the
government of Nicaragua is to receive
per cent of the stock and $50, 900 in
gold as compensation for the grant
Ten years are stipulated as the time in
which the work must be completed
Frederick Billings, Engineer Memo
cal and their associates are the incor-
,ooro ore. ,,pdar tha N ama IF tho Mari.
time Canal company of Nicaragua,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

hemisphere for naval station on
that inland sea, with fortified termini
and feet of modern warships, would
dominate the Atlantic eastward to the
Windward islands of the West Indies
and westward to the Hawaiian Islands
and Samoa. The marine distance from
New York to San Fan Francisco would
be reduced by TO- 0Go miles, to Hong
Kong China, by 1000 miles; to Yoke.
hama, Japan, 1000; to Melbourne,
Australia, 1900; to the Sandwich
Islands, 5000, and to Valparaiso
Chilli, 5000 The marine dis
lance from New Orleans to San
Francisco would likewise be di-
minished by 1000 miles; from
Liverpool to San Francisco, 1000
miles; to Hong Kong, 400 miles; To
Yokohama, 1000, and to the Sand
witch Islands, 5000 The voyage from
New York to the eastern entrance of
the canal is 2,021 miles, and from San
Francisco to the western entrance
2, TIC miles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

has served to emphasize the necessity
of some other maritime canal across
the central isthmus, and President
Harrison's urgent reference to the
Nicaragua enterprise in his last mes
sage, taken in connection with the
declarations of both republican and
democratic national platforms, and
President Cleveland's advocacy have
brought the subject into special prom
inence. Ever since the discovery
OF America the problem of con-
Meeting the Atlantic and the
Pacific has engaged attention. Ten
different routes in all have been con-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

''THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS"
not really suit her at all. They would
be far more appropriate for that fairy
like little sister of hers, with the
pansy eyes and corn-silk hair"
Many approving glances followed
Gwynne billiard that evening, when
he walked up the crowded hall, where
the great local ball of the year was in
progress. But he sought only one
dark face of subtle and orie ntal
beauty.
'Mr. Hilllardr' said sweet voice.
He started, looked down on the
slender, childish figure before him.
She was all in SOFT misty white.
Her small, rregular-featured face
was luminous with the pleasure of
the hour. Her hair glistened golden
ly in the bright light. She carried a
sheaf of hyacinths.
''Thank you so much for the
flowers" she said. ''No one ever sent
me bouquet before, so 1 am proud
as well as pleased"
He murmured few conventional
words. She passed on with her part
ner. He stood still a few minutes,
feeling dazed and bewildered. Then
Henrietta Madelle was smilin g at him
across the room, and he made his way
to her. But, somehow, she failed that
night to exercise her usual fascina-
tion over him. He was trifie startled
to recollect that she must be fifteen
years older than her step-sister
He remembered hearing of men,
whom she had fattered into hope,
when she was young-and then cast
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
WHY SHOULD THEY KICK?
The People of Colorado Arc Getting
just What They Voted For.

The People OF Colorado Arc Getting
just What They Voted For.
Many of the self-appointed leaders
and organs OF the Populist party in
Colorado are very much opposed to
Governor Waite at present because
he will not permit them to run his
administration. Their latest griev-
ance is that he has, for some in
scrutable reason seen fit to remove
two Republican penitentiary commits
toner's and one Populist to make
room for three Populists.
Governor Waite has done nothing
in this matter that Is not fully au-
thorized by the constitution and
laws OF the state, and in so far as
the legal aspects of the controversy
critics are wrong. Probably it
would be better for him to let the
old penitentiary board remain un-
changed, but that is u matter which
rests entirely in his official dis
erection, and in as much as no has
seen fit to reorganize. the board to
suit himself, the last people in the
world who ought to complain are
those who are most responsible for
his elevation to the Office of gov
ernor
1t might just rs well be understood
first as last that the people of Colo
RADIO, Populists US well as others, are
getting exactly the meal they
ordered in 1892, says the Denver Re-
publican II the governors present
critics did not want changes made
they should not have supported the
Populist ticket in the last state cam
paign. At that time they claimed
that everything was wrong with tho
Republican administrati of our
state affairs and that sweeping
changes were needed to reform OK
listing abuses. A majority OF tho
voters seem to have accepted this
view. and certainly those who were
most active and aggressive in urg-
ing the election Of Governor Waite
cut but n sorry spectacle now in de-
nouncing him for carrying out the
very programme they indorsed SO
heartily at the time.
All the blunders and wrongs per-
petrated by the present Populist ad-
ministration were confidently pre-
dicted by the Republican press OF
the state in the last campaign. but
the warning fell upon unheeding
ears, and it probably required the
lessons OF practical experience to
educate the voters up to the belief
that In order to obtain good admins
tration it is absolutely essential to
elect men OF known and proved fit
ness ability and good judgment to
Office.
The injury done to the state by
the foolish acts and utterances OF
Governor Waite and his colleagues
in the present administration will
not be utterly without value il ii
teaches a majority OF the voters the
Importance of returning to the Re-
publican fold and electing a Repub-
llcan state government and legisla-
ture in the coming campaign.
1t makes very little difference to
the people of Colorado whether Pop
ulist McLister or Populist somebody
else shall fill the position Of warden
for the next eight months, but IL Is
very important that the voters shall
correct the criminal blunder they
committed in 1892 by restoring the
Republican party to power next No
VEN Der.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

The squire laughed. He nodded as
sent to the boys admiration. He was
a big, stalwart, straight-lim bed man
of thirty, with well-cut features, a
short brown beard, fair wavy hair,
and charming air of distinction and
gentleness.
They are lovely, Jamie. And they
are for a lovely girl 1 want you to
take them to Rockhaven, and give
them, with my compliments, to the
pretty Miss Madelle.
Jamie felt for his crutch, and pulled
himself up out of the bed of soft,
young grass, where he had been lying
prone, enjoying all the scents, sights
and sounds of the afternoon in early
spring.
''I'll be glad to. There's no flowers
good enough for her."
Fright you are, Jamie!"
When Jamie stood up, there was
something pitiful in the contrast be.
tween him and the squire. He was not
noticeably deformed, but he was I'M
dersized and shrunlen. The pale
young face was not without certain
girlish beauty, but there was a. va
cancy about it that induced the asser-
ton of the country folk that Jamie
was mot all right" Although there
were others, who shrewdly declare
he was great deal wiser than he ap-
peared, or pretended to be. Two
years previous, ill and half st arved,
he had been put off an empty coal car
at the depot. Gwynne Hilliard-
called Whereabouts ''the squire" and
the wealthiest young landowner in
that part of the country-had been
moved to compassion by the lads ap-
pearance. He had taken him home,
and from that day to this Jamie,
treated with all considera ton and
affection, had lived with him.
SIS she-the pretty Miss Madelle-
your sweetheart" demanded Jamie,
with directness so childlike, it was
in no degree impertinent.
II Think hope, she will be, Jamie.
admire her very much"
''She's sweet and good" averred
jamie, simply.
He was gazing down on the flowers
he held. Hyacinths they were,
brought from the great city, the very
name of which recalled to Jamie one
long, miserable, feverish dream. Such
delicate waxen bells! rose, white,
heavenly azure. Yes, they were the
right gift to send to her.
He limped off. billiard looked after
him. He wondered how she would
accept his offering-if she would car
ry them at the dance that night. His
breath came more quickly as he re-
called her superb, Junoesque beauty.
Her Greek profile, her dark, heavy
lidded eyes, her olive skin, her sump-
tuous curves of arm and shoulder, her
languorous grace of motion.
"By George" he exclaimed, pulling
himself together, and giving short
laugh, ''Tm afraid I'm rhapsod-
izing most absurdly! Hyacinths do
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
Democratic Decentralization.

"Where are we atP" is a question
that good many Democrats are
asking just now. There is no in
stance in the political history of the
country where party. after winning
one Of the grandest OF victories.
which placed it in control OF every
branch of the federal government,
has found itself so demoralized and
divided. New Orleans Times Demo
crat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
with a capital Of $780, ooo, 600 and the

with a capital OF Si00, 600, 900 and the
right to increase the amount to $780,.
600, 600 The officers of this company
are President Hiram Hitchcock;
vice president, Charles P. DAILY; secre.
tary and treasurer, Thomas b. Atkins
The board of directors is composed Of
these stockholders; Joseph Bryan,
James Roosevelt, Hiram Hitchcock,
Thomas b. Atkins Horatio Guzman,
Alfred B. Darling, Franklin Fairbank ks
G. Ridgely Goodwin, Alexander T.
Mason, Charles p. DAILY, Daniel Am
men, Horace C, Hotchkiss, Henry f.
Rowland and James b. Eustis. The
company's interests are represented in
the Republic of Nicaragua by Con
zalez Espinosa at Managua and in
Costa Rica by Louis Chable.
The cost of construction is estimated
by Engineer Menocal at sos, 600, 900,
by an advisory board at $s7, 900, 900,
including unlooked-for contingencies
The actual work has been dele.
gated to the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company. of which
Warner Miller is president, and en-
bracing Frederick Billings, Franklin
Fairbanks, Horace l.. Hotchkiss,
James Roosevelt, Robert Garrett, Z.
Harrison Garrett, Robert A. Lancas-
ter, Joseph Bryan, Charles p. DAILY,
William Z. Anderson and others.
If this canal were in operation to-
day. say Mr.. Miller and his associates,
its benefits to commerce, and es-
pecially to the interests of America,
would be inestimable. The United
States government could absolutely
control the destiny of the western
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
For a Third of Century He Was a
Commanding Figure at the Bar.

For at least third of century
David Dudley Field was the most com.
manding figure at the American bar.
Tall, erect stalwart, alert, and de-
cided in movement, courteous and
graceful in bearing, he impressed the
observer at once as a man of marked
gifts and force. This impression every
advance in acquaintance deepened.
Those who knew him intimately saw
an imperious nature, equipped with
great intellectual power, and re-
strained by the intuitive appreciation
of the amenities of social life.
Other men at the bar have perhaps
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
Watterson,s Bitter Cud.

Henry Watterson is said to have
remarked to his friends that if he
had dog that would not bark at
the pending tariff bill he would kill
the animal at once. Henry had bet
tor "look out" The cuckoos will be
reading him ..out of the party"
They have not yet forgiven him for
that prophecy Of "the slaughter
house" and "the open grave"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
Grover Knows All About 1t.

We read in the papers that ! COM
pany OF foreigners have appeared
before the president and exhibited
to him their skill in throwing the
boomerang A waste of time. Gro
yer has hit himself with more boom
erangs of his own throwing than any
man who ever had a public Office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
Not AIwaxa an Outsider.

Mother-Nellie, / understand that
that young man who takes you to
church never enters it.
Daughter That is base SANDER, ma
He always gets in when it rains.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
HOPE OF AMERICA.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL OUR
OWN CIBRALTAH.
Gives America the shortest Sea Route
to India and the Wealth of Eastern
Asia - highlands Jealous Eye Is
Open.
HE PROJECT FOR

HE PROJECT FOR
the construction of
the Nicaragua ship
canal is one which
has been interest
i g capitalists in
the United States
for a quarter of a
century. More re-
Gently the utter
collapse of the
Panama sc h e m e
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
Sticking to PrinciDies.

1t would seem that Cleveland was
sincere after all when he said public
office is a public trust, especially il
the trust be IA friend when friends
are few"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
fHE PRETTY
HNADELIlE.

H." breathed
Jamie, softly,
''ain't they love-
ly!"
He looked at
the flowers in
the hand of the
young squire,
h i S S a l ] o w
cheeks flushing,
a sparkle of
pleasure in his
large, sad eyes