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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

colonel earnestly. 1.-THE truth is. I was
going to suggest little-er-prudence, my
self. We know what we know; and we
don't want to be bothered with the Ques-
tons and guesses of a lot of asses who
know nothing. By the way, come in and
have look at him. He's beauty. tell
you! And I'll lay you the odds he's no
Frenchman. Softly, now, or you'll wake
him.
We tip-toed in, and there he lay. pink and
SOFT breathing gently. in his little i'm
promptu crib, with sable Sally grinning be-
side him.
Hes an Englishman, every inch of him, -
exclaimed the colonel, beneath his breath.
''And his mother is an English woman; did
you notice her eyes? Dark gray, English
eyes-Lancashire eyes; l ought to know,
for I am a Lancashire boy myself, and
there was a girl l might have married, If
I hadn't been fool, who looked just like
her.
"And who was the baby's father, do you
think?'
AN Englishman, of course" replied the
colonel. Indignantly; IAN English colonial,
at all events. Wasn't 1 telling you yester-
day afternoon that those internal pirates
murdered the men and carried off the wo-
men? Very well; now. my idea is, that this
child-that his mother-that this child,
say. was born Immediately after his mother
was carried on board, owing to the fright
and agitation, you understand; and that he
saved his mothers honor by being born at
that time
but, colonel. that was 200 years ago." 1
objected.
"Well, sir, and what if it was? There
are miracles in the Bible, and l believe in
the Bible! And could a miracle be per-
formed in a better cause than this? l be-
lieve there was miracle; and 1 believe in
that woman, and in her baby; and he shall
be my baby now, and whatever l possess
shall be his, when I'm gone; that's my last
will. and testament
"Will you let me have the honor Of being
his godfather" 1 asked.
To ic he oil a
dial assent; and 1 am to send the little heir
silver mug next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
THERE SHE GOES" CRIED THE COLONEL

81 can't say that I quite :. See what
you make of her..
I took the glass and looked. 1 am more
familiar with ships than with the early
history of jamaica; but this vessel came
under no category / was acquainted with.
She OF large boat-under two hun
dred tons, [ should Say-and her lines were
peculiar and rather awkward; she was
high in the bows ard in the stern, after the
fashion of the ships We see in old ma
rine paintings and her spars and rigging,
also. had a very antique look She RESENT
bled a Chinese junk more than anything;
but there We're differences; she was paint
ed black, which no Chinese junk ever was,
that L heard of, and her sails were of cam
vas, much torn and defaced. Besides, what
should Chinese junk be doing here?
There's a reef out thereabouts," re-
marked the colonel. If she isn't careful,
she'll find ii out?'
'She appears to be sailing without any
wind" said /. shes well manned;
should think there might be fifty or sixty
men on board. And they're working as If
their lives depended it. But either
they're very awkward. or that fellow on
the poop. with the red cap on-or Is 1t a
red feather in his hat?-doesn't know what
he's about. He can't intend to come ashore
here; and yet that's just what he seems to
be doing"
Hes a duffer; he might be French
man. by the way he behaves" said the
colonel. resuming the glass. They're an
notwithstanding gang, sure enough. those
chaps are; look as if they might be the re-
mains of some of DuCasseS pirates, kept
alive for their sins he added with a
chuckle. "Recollect 1 came across some
legend to that effect in a manuscript
chronicle in my collection, the other day.
I'll look it up. BY Jove. that red-fea thered
fellow is bound to the deuce. sure enough /!
And how he manages to move in the dead
calm. at that rate. is beyond me. He must
be the Flying Dutchmar. He'll be high and
dry on the reef in ten minutes, whoever he
Isl
Hes caught in some current, 1 sup
pose" said I.
onel, its failing us just when We want it"
In fact. the sun was setting. and. as our
outlook toward the southeast, the
shadow of the gigantic Blue Peak was
thrown upon that part of the offlng where
the ship was. She was merged in it. and
II was no longer possible to distinguish
what was going forward on her decks. 1t
seemed that :he sheets were hauled aft, as
II 20 take advantage OF breeze imper-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
FROM LAKE TO OCEAN.
A General Scheme of Canal Improve
ment Proposed i'm Canada

From the Pittsburs Dispatch.
The Canadian government has for several
years past been working out Systematically
a general scheme of canal improvement.
This scheme embraces the enlargement of
waterways between tide water and Lake
Superior, so that the locks shall have
length of 270 feet between the gates and
width of 40 feet, the navigable depth of
water over the sills to be fourteen feet
Work has teen steadily pushed forward
and no year passes without seeing more or
less satisfactory progress made. The
project cherished by what is known as the
international canal commission. Of which
rot little has been heard in these recent
days, is a good deal more ambitious That
scheme has in contempla ton an extent or
enlargement which Shal! furnish not less
than twenty-ore feet in navigabie depth.
AS the name of the commission would
imply, the scheme is international in its
scope, both as to the outlay which would
be necessary and the ultimate benefits
which would accrue. influential men on
both sides of the line are warmly interested
in the project, and not little enthusiasm
has been shown, though it does not appear
if much has Yet been accomplished in
the line of practical steps toward the reaii-
cation even of the preliminary funds which
such an undertaking would necessitate.
Its purpose embraces, as already said.
the construction of deep water channels OF
not less than twenty-one feet in depth to
connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic
ocean by way of the st. Lawrence river.
and also by way of the Hudson river.
Moreover, the scheme embraces the con-
Struction OF canals connecting Lake Sd
perior with the Mississippi river and Lake
Erie with the Ohio river. 1t fayors the
establishment of an international commits
sion for determining the method of con-
struction and maintenance of waterways
of an international character, and also the
establishment of an international court for
the purpose of hearing and finally deter
mining, under rules of law, all questions
arising between the government Of the
United States, Great Britain, Mexico and
Canada, both the commission and court to
be esta bliShed by the joint action of tie
governments.
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promise 'em extra pay to take US out,
sah.'
to lose a chance of turning penny! So.
the crew out yonder'S asleep, are they?
Well. We'll wake 'em before long. Push
off. give way, there. and be lively!"
The rOwerS-there were four OF theEf'-
bent to their oars. and we swept out into
the still lagoon, the rising moon sending
her level rays into our faces from the left,
and the end of the colonefs big cigar glow
ing beneath his grim mustache. Owing to
the position of the neon it was difficult to
discern anything of the ship, which lay up
ward of two miles out; she was a shadow,
and little more. AS We advanced silence
fell upon us; nothing was heard but the
regular breathing of the men, the clip of
the cars as they took the water and the
creak of the rowlockS. After We had pro-
ceeded for about twenty minutes another
sound became audible-the gentle breaking
of the swell upon the reef. We were now
scarce a mile away from it, and the ship
was silhouetted against the whitish glisten
of the sea beyond her. But no noise, no
movement, no light announced that there
were living beings on board. 1t was GER
tainly mysterious. 1 glanced at the colonel,
who sat with the tiller ropes grasped IN
his hands, steering straight for the ship.
His buShy eyebrows were drawn together,
his square jaws were set and he looked as
IL he were leading a forlorn hope right up
to the enemy's guns.
We'll, what do you think of herr" said l.
count for his conduct" replied the veteran.
THE ocean is not my element; but 1 know
what proper behavior is. afoat or ashore
1T is my opinion" 1 pursued, that he
means to lure US on hoard and then cut our
throats, as the final act of his two GEN.
turtles of piracy"
AN officer of her majesty's service is
rot lured into ambuscades by coasting
trampS, sir-even if he be on the retired
liSt.' returned the colonel, with sternness.
Rest assured.I shall know how to make
myself respected"
Very respectable men have been mur-
dered before now. especially by tramps."
said i. However, / Will bring the Star
SpanSled Banner to your assistance If
there is any trouble: and meanwhile We
will hope for the best
By this time we were close on to the
reef. The ship had struck at high tide.
and lay with half her hull across it.
Nothing more convenient for our purpose
could have been arranged. We lay in still
water under the lea of the reef, the top of
which was now bare; and all We had to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
DOn'tS.

Some "don'ts' given by the Boston Trans
script are worth needing Don't put money
in your mouth. 1t is not only filthy, but
may need disinfecting.
Don't often put candy in your mouth In
yestigation in dentistry shows that decay
ed teeth are the work of micro-organi
that breeds in the acid produced by disin-
tegration of sugar
Don't use public drinking vessels.
Don't use towels in use in public lava
tories A specials. of diseases of the eye
at Buffalo investigated the towels fur
nished public school and found them in
fected with bacteria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
'sDcaJ, by JOyew

Then he put his hand upon it. Then he
arose rather hurriedly and said to me:
Dead, by Jove. and dry last years
cocoanut into the barSain"
Dry" l repeated with a peculiar shud-
der. 'Dry?-what do you mean"
1.-The man is mummy-thats what 1
mean," returned the colonel. Hes skin
and bone; he might have been dead Il
thousand years. And to judge from the
clothes he has on" he added, throwing
the light over the costume of the corpse
"he ought not to have been alive for the
last two hundred years, anyway
Prompted by a curiosity yet stronger
than my horror, I bent over the remains
and examined them closely. They were
those Of a manor of what had once been
one-of a rugged and brutal aspect, deeply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
A Classic Puzzle.

From the Boston Journal
More Cicero and Virgil Is now required
for admission to Yale" Why is this? Nir-
gil, it is true. reported athletic sports In
manner that would warm the cookies OF O
hustling managing editor; but where doea
Cicero come in? He never showed enthu'
siasm for throwing the hammer or fol
skillful smuggling with the cestus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

rom the Indianapolis Journal
OF an old and noble foreign house
He was the eldest Sun,
She, just a plain American
But then she had the Mon.
Love, why should we be longer Tue?"
One eve he softly said.
She saw no reason why they should.
And next week they were Wed.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
IN GENERAL

Standard Oil barge No. IS which part
ed from the steamer Maverick off Barne-
gat. during the blizzard of Feb 8, has
arrived at Bermuda.
Mrs. James Brown Potter is said to be
anxious to secure divorce, but insists
on retaining the name under which she
has achieved her position on the stage.
A little Maltese cat is beating its way
around the world without the eXpendi-
ture Of cent. A tag attached TO a cord
around its neck tells the story thus:
Game OH board at Minneapolis on my
trip around the world. Please take the
best of care of your passenger Via Bos-
ton. thence to New York steamer.-Kit-
ty." From Minneapolis the kitten went
over the 800" line to Montreal. via the
Concord and Montreal and Boston and
Maine to Boston. Friday night it left
Boston for New York in care of the bag
gage men, who will see that it gets TO
New York via the Fall River line. When
ii arrives in New York it will be trans
ferred TO some ocean steamer.
Il. G. Dun q Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: THE surprising success of
the new loan and the great confidence it
has given to investors on both sides of the
water and to the business men here en-,
courage many to hope that it may be the
beginning of q real recovery. In twenty
two minutes at New York subscriptions
are supposed TO have been ut least five
times the amount of bonds offered, and i'll
two hours at London they were twenty
times the amount there offered. Consd
ering the power which control of these
bonds gives to regulate foreign exchanges
and to prevent exports of gold, the trans
action has indeed greatly changed the
financial situation i'll spite of the fact
that government revenues are still def
cient and that domestic trade shows
scarcely any gain as yet The industries
are not charging production, nor have
prices of farm products improved. But a
very important source of apprehension
and hindrance has, for the time ut least,
been removed"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
Riot i'm IN.

Tuesday was the most exciting night in
the history of Savannah. Ga. For five
hours the city trembled on the verge of
religious riots because of the lecture of
ex-Priest Slattery on Catholicism. The
entire white military force of the city
except the artillery was on duty. There
were ten infantry companies and the
Georgia Hussars, the latter being dis
mounted. A mob estimated at from 1900
to 5000. the greater being Catholics. chal
lenged their forbearance to the extreme
But for the coolness of Mayor Meyers
and the officers commanding the troops
blood might have been the result. BayO-
net charges were made several times to
clear the streets. but the mob which had
gathered about Masonic Temple. one of
the prominent buildings of the city and
situated in the heart of Savannah. re-
tired only after the most stubborn re-
sistance. Slattery and many of the audi
ence We're escorted to the hotel under
strong guard.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
RuIIctS for Bandits

Three men supposed To be the burglars
who looted the First National Bank of
Griswold, Iowa. Sunday night. fought
desperate running battle with deputy
sheriffs on the streets of Council Bluffs
Monday. 1t began at the court house
yard, where the dcsperadoes. who had
been passive capiivcs. opened fire and
made !; break for freedom. In the con
fict that followed one of the robbers and
one Of the deputy shcriffs were probably
fatally wounded: another of the gang
WAS captured unharned. and third. sup
posed 10 he dangerously wounded. sue
ceeded in getting away. The battle ragged
in many parts of the city. renewed at in
tervals as the robbers made a stand for
an interchange of shots. and then resum-
ed their flight. A stray bullet in one OF
the fusillades nearly killed q motorman
OH passing car. and many other lives
Were in peril.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
NEWS NUGGETS.

Ward McAllister left personal property
valued at $1,000. He had no real estate.
Charles +. Norton jumped out of a hos
pital window in Baltimore and killed
himself He shot himself last December
with suicidal intent He is thought To be
II New Yorker.
William Walsh. GO. who lives in q hOvel
at st. Joseph. Mo-, and who is known TO
keep Il great deal of money. was over.
powered 10y .sx masked men. and under
threats Of death ordered to reveal the hid
Ing place of his wealth. He stubbornly
refused. The robbers finally kindIed a
fire and his feet were thrust into the
flames, but he remained obdurate The
robbers beat him into insensibility. but
were obliged TO leave without securing his
money.
Gov. Morton. of New York. thought
Friday a most excellent day Ia sign the
flag bill and make il law. He said il
contained nothing but patriotic senti-
ments and was truly American. 1t pro-
vides: 1T shall not be lawful TO display
the flag or emblem of any foreign country
upon any State. county or municipal
building; provided. however, that when,
ever any foreigner shall become the guest
of the United States, the State. or any
city. upon public proclamation by the
Governor or the Mayor of any such city.
the flag of the country of which such
public guest shall be citizen may be dis
played upon such public buildings"
During high mass at the Catholic
Church i'll Ocala, Fla. the dead leaves.
ferns and other decorations around the
altar became ignited from the candles
AT n meeting of the United Labor
League of Philadelphia resolution con
dcmning the police authorities for sup
pressing the speech of Anarchist Now
bray was adopted.
The annual address at the Vanderbilt
University commencement in June will be
delivered 10y Chauncey NJ. Depew and
the sermon will he preached by DIR. 4.
Carmen, general superintendent of the
Methodist Church of Canada.
Stanley Smith. aged 16. of Paris. Ky.
was accidentally shot and killed while
hunting.
Joseph ID. Hall. of North Beach. Md.
was frozen to death while attempting TO
drive across Sinepuxent Bay on the ice
His horse was later found fast in the ice
dead.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
FOREIGN.

Prince Bismarck is suffering from al
attack of neuralgia and 4 severe cold. He
Will be 50 years old April |.
An agent for w. X. Vanderbilt bought
al an auction sale of jewelry in London
Il pearl necklace. consisting of thirty nine
pearls, with q diamond clasp weighing
siXty-two grains. The price paid was e..
900
An English chemist has discovered q
new solvent for gold The solvent con-
sistS in adding to solution of potassium
cyanide a portion of bromide of syanogen
Il salt which has hitherto had no CONNER
cial use.
Two Thousand Chinese soldiers are re-
ported to have been killed by the explosion
of a magazine in the forts of Takao. Il
treaty port on the southwest coast OF For
mosa. Many others are reported TO have
been injured.
\ Paris paper reports that the French
expedition which left AIarseilles some
months ago. under the command of Com
mandant Montcil, for service in the int,
rior of Africa. was surprised and a san
culinary conflict ensued. Three hundred
men. comprising half of the force of the
expedition. are said 10 have been killed.
while the remainder have been driven
from the line Of march. and their retreat
has been cut off. The minister of colonies
has received an urgent appeal from the
commander of the expedition for rein
forcements.
Lord Rosebcry's administration has
passed successfully through Il storm
which its opponents hoped would over
whelm it, and which many of its friends
believed would require the most sklllful
craftsmanship to weather Despite the
predictions of the conservative papers
and the more or less badly disguised fears
of the liberal organs, the Government
came out of the contest with flying colors
and a ma jority that surprised even those
who would ut no time admit that there
was chance of defeat. The question
that preciptated the dangerous situation
was motion made by Sir Henry james
TO adjourn in order to call attention to the
import duties on cotton recently decided
upon by the Government of India. The
cotton interest is strongly represented
in the House, and when the notice OF the
motion was given il was comjectured by
not only many conservative papers but
by some of the stanch liberal organs that
the Government. which WAS bound to OPP
pose the desired change, would be over
thrown by the Lancashire party i'll com.
binatiOn with conservatives and liberals
interested in the cotton trade. The Par.
nelhtes, too, were expected TO cast their
votes against the Government. But the
result did not bear out the hopes or fears
of the political parties, for, by a majority
Of 100, the Eosebcry ministry triumphant
ly repealed the attacks of its ASSISTANTS.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
Horrible Crime in Chicago.

Partly devoured 10y dogs. soaked in
Kerosene and badly burned. the murdered
body of Fred Holzheuter was found at
Western avenue and Ninety street.
Chicago, at 9 o'clock Monday morning
The mans skull had been split. his wrists
were tied together with cords. and a de-
libcrate attempt had been made To burn
the body by pouring kerosene upon it.
stacking brushwood about il and setting
fire 10 tie pile. To make recognition more
difficult. Kerosene had been poured over
the upturned face and into the mouth Of
The murdered man. Fred iolzheutcr was
in the saloon and commission business at
No. 1901 Honore street He was last
seen in Nick" Mertzen's saloon. No.
331I South Halsted street. Jan. so. That
day he showed n roll of bills and told
some of his friends he had IN enga gcment
with MertZen to 90 To Manhattan Park in
the morning and buy some COWS.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01
The ,PVep-Eiffepn 3"

The following incident * said To have
happened on a Southern railroad. and
Is reported in Harper's Magazine. The
conductor must have been humoriSt
y traveller had come 10 the station 10
board the 1l:1J train and much To his
surprise, promptly ut 1I:15 the train
started.
We'll" he said to the conductor. rs
that worthy passed through the car.
"they libel YOU up North when they say
your trains never start on time.
Il guess not" said the conductor.
"They tel: the whole truth We never
got train off on time yet
why. this train got off on time. It's
the IL 10. isn't it,"
Yes. it's the 1l:l5. my friend. but it's
last Tuesdays 11:l5. We're three DAYS
late. To-day's 10 won't get off much
befoh Monday, | reckon"