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HE SUGAR TRUST AND HAWAI-.

IHE SUGAR TRUST AND HAWAII.
Jnder TIE above heading the New
rk Journal says;
he opposition to Hawaiian annexa-
n develops a disregard for facts which
S charitable to impute to ignorance.
the newspapers that either are anX.
'us to please Messrs. Havemeyer and
lrles, or have not the advantage of
owing what they are talking about,
assertion is frequently seen that the
sar trust Is at the bottom of the an
kation project. That trust is not at
averse to giving the service of its
n odium to the advancement of its
Rncial interests, if the end cannot
|erwise be accomplished.
he most powerful opponent of the
waiian annexation treaty is the sugar
ST. as 1t was but few weeks ago the
st active and influential advocate of
abrogation of the reciprocity treaty.
E trust is at war with the sugar
|nters of the islands. who are en-
Ivoring to escape from its clutches.
( situation is this:
n 1892 the Hawaiian planters made a
|tract with the trust to sell it all their
BAR for five years at San Francisco at
New York market price, less cent
|ound. The trust managed it so that
San Francisco price was usually
/ her than the New York price, max
the planters loss the difference be-
zen the two, as well as the ! cent of.
| : nefarious draw down of the trust
amounted to 81 10000 annually OF
/ 100000 since 1892. The planters
|'e refused to renew the contract, as
~ believe that with new independent
|heres ana continued reciprocity OF
|leXation they can get the full value
their crops. Hence the desire of the
st to abolish reciprocity and to pre-
BIT annexation. Moreover, with Ha
! ii a part of the United States, the
|ands would be enabled to send u!
shed sugars that would take the place
the extent of their quantity of thu
lined product of the trust, and cut iii
pitts still further.
he sugar mOnopolists are both greedy
u vengeful. Not only do they objec
the Island planters wrestling them
YES free from spollation, but thel
g to punish them for their rebellion
|nsequently the sugar trust will Kill
annexation treaty if it can.
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Total Assets, S5,9O2,64O.2
TRUSTEES.
c. +. WARD, WILLARD CRANE
CHARLES +. SMITH, HENRY GREENE.
J. l.. BARsIOW, A. q. PIERCE
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OF any month draw interest from the lst. II
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earnings and tor the past twelve years has
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by the last Legislature no savings bank can
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deposits, when "a special dividend is provid.
cd for.
All mXes in this State are paid by the BANK
on deposits OF $1,000 or less. Deposits are
received In sums from 81 to $1,000, and no in
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CHARLES p. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD, Treasurer.
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FRIDAY, JULY %. 1897.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

N and after June the price of the
iIsTER will be 81 a year if paid in
ance, or Sl.25 a year if not so paid.
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The herald., 1897-12-12

any more. She asked him to come to
his own chamber and lie down in
peace. But he cried out that the
ministers were coming and that she
must not stand in the way. For he
was about to shoot them all dead, like
the black hoodie-craws that pyke the
young lambs cen.
"'And bonny bit lamb ye are faith
err said Mary. trying to jest with him
to divert his mind, a bonny lamb in
deed with that great muckle heather
besom Of q beard
but instead of laughing he cursed
her for an impudent wench and told
her to begone, that she was no daugh-
ter Of HIS"
HAS he been oftentimes thus?" I
asked.
1T has come to him once or twice
since he was threatened with torture
before the Lords of the Privy Council,
and brake out upon them all as has
often been told. But never before like
this"
II will go to him." said, "and ad-
jure him to return to himself. will
exercise the demon. If power be grant,
ed me Of the Lord
Il pray you do mott" she cried,
catching me and looking at me even
more earnestly than her daughter
had done. though perhaps somewhat
less knowingly. Let not your blood
be upon this doomed house of Earls-
toun."
The herald., 1897-12-12

some of the Presbytery who were need
cursing.
I called up to him,
Alexander Gordon, I have come to
speak with you!"
"Who are you that dares Gift gaff
with Alexander Gordon this day?"
II am Quintin Mac Clellan, minister
Of the Gospel in Balmaghie, friend to
Alexander Gordon"
Get you gone, Quintin Mac Clellan,
while ye may. 1 have no desire for
fellowship with you. You are also of
the crew Of Hell-the black corbies
that cry 'Glonk! Glonk!' over the car
cass of puir perishing Scotland"
"Hearken, Alexander Gordon" said
from the ladders foot, II have been
your friend. I have sat at your table.
A word is given me to speak to you
and speak it I will"
And I also have gun here that has
a message rammed down IT'S thrapple.
If We trouble me at all with any of
your clavers, ye shall get that mes
sage frae the black jaws OF Bell
mouthed Mirren."
And as looked UP the wooden ladder
which led into the dim garret above
me, saw peeping through the angle
Of the square trap door above me the
wicked snout of the musket, while
behind, narrowed to a slit, glinted
through mist of beard and hair the
eye Of Sandy Gordon.
"Ye may shoot me II ye will, Alex
ander," said I; II am a man unarmed,
and stand within your danger. But
listen frst to that which I have to
say.
you are a great man. laird OF Earls-
The herald., 1897-12-12

"I will tell you," she said; 'it is
partly true. But the worst is not
true!"
She was silent for while, as If
she were mastering herself to speak
Then she burst out suddenly: But
what right have you or any other to
demand such things of me? Is not my
father Alexander Gordon Of Earlstoun,
and who has name or fame like him
in all Scotland? They that accuse
him are but jealous of him-even you
would be glad like the others to see
him humiliated-brough low"
you DO me wrong" said 1 quietly,
'you know it. Mary. I came because
! have no friends on earth like you.
And the thing troubled me-"
II know-I know" she said, "I
think it hath well-nigh driven me mad
as 1t hath my poor father"
She put her hand to her forehead
and pressed it, as if it had been full
OF a great throbbing pain.
The herald., 1897-12-12

Mary Gordon looked before her q
long time without speaking. ''They
knew" she said, that he was to pre-
side that night at a meeting of the
eldership and commissioners of the
Hill Folk. So they brought him as
they had made him to the meet
ing
There was q long silence.
they answered, taking off their hats
to him.
"The courtesy touched my father. 1t
seemed that they wished to be friends,
and nothing touches a big careless gen.
tleman like Alexander Gordon more
than the thought that others desire
to make UP q quarrel and he will
not.
$50 with that he cried, Let us bury
bygones and be friends
Agreed, answered Boyd, waving
his hand, jovially, let us go to the
changehouse and toast the reconcilia-
tion in a toss of brandy This he
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wished I could have held it for

wished could have held 1t To-
her.
Then we moved side by side a little
along the path, both being silent. NJ,
thoughts were with hers. I saw hel
pain I felt her pride, her reluctance
to speak.
where there was an alcove, cut out o!
cliff, re-entrant, filled with all GOODNESS
and the stir of leaves.
Hither, as if moved by one instinct
we repaired. Mary sat her down upon
the stone seat. I stood before her.
There was a long waiting without q
word spoken, so that a magpie came
and flicked his tail on a branch near
by without seeing us. Then cooking
his eye downward, he fled with loud
screams of anger and protestation.
Il will tell you ALL" she said, sud-
denly.
| But all the same 1t seemed as if she
could not find 1t in her heart to be-
| gin.
You know my father-root and
branch you know him. Or else l
| could not tell you. He Is man. He
has so great repute, so full a record
of bravery that none dares to point the
finger. Through all Scotland and the
low countries 1t Is sufficient for my
father to say. am Alexander Gordon
Of Earlstoun!
But as l need not to tell you, a
very strong man is a very weak man.
And so they trapped him, William
Boyd being the traitor. For my father
had known him in Holland and aided
him with money and providing when
he studied as one Of the lads Of the
Hill-Folk at the University Of Gronin-
gen.
"This a man like William Boyd
could not forgive-neither repay. But
he hated and bode his time. For,
though I am but young, I see that
nothing breeds hate and malice more
readily than a helping hand extended
to a bad man.
80 hating my father in secret, he
met him at the Clachan Of st. John as
he came home from the market at
Kirkcudbright where he had been din
ing with Kenmure and my Lord Max
we'll. You know how it is with my
father when he comes home from
market He is kind, he is generous.
The world is not large enough to hold
his heart. Wine may be in, but wit is
not out.
$50 Boyd and two or three Of his
creatures met him in the highway. My
father had oftentimes thwarted and
opposed Boyd. But now his stomach
was warm and generous within him.
So he cried to them, "A fair good cen
to We, gentlemen
"Whereat they glanced at one an
other, hearing the thick stammer in
my fathers voice.
And good cen to you, Earlstoun!
must not be henpecked in the matter
of the drowning of an ancient enmity,
my father consented to go with them"
The herald., 1897-12-12
XXXIII
THE CURSING OF THE PRESBY-

AS gently as could withdrew from
her grasp, and with my pocket Bible
in my hand, Chat little one in red
leather Of the Kings printers which
I always carried with me) I climbed
the stairs.
The word had come 50 far to speak
should not remain unspoken, neither
must I allow truth to be brought to
shame because of the fears of the mes
senger.
So mounted the turret stairs slow
ly, the great voice sounding out more
and more clearly as 1 advanced. 1t
came in soughs and bursts, alternating
with low intervals, filled with indis-
tinct mutterings. Then again a great
volley would shake the house, and in
the afterclap Of silence, I could hear
the waesome yammer Of my lady's
supplication beneath outside the tower.
But l had come at such cost to do
my duty.
So I began to mount the last stairs
which were Of wood and exceedingly
narrow and precipitous
Then for the first time could hear
the words of the possessed:
Cast into deepest He'll, Lord, II any
power Is left in thee, the whole Pres
bytery Of Kirkcudbright! Set thy dogs
upon them, o Satan, Prince of Evil:
for they have worked i'll will and mis-
chief upon earth! Specially and par
ticularly gle Andrew Cameron his
paiks! Rub the fiery birthstone flame
into his bones, like salt into a new
killed swine. Scowder him with irons
heated white hot Tear his inward
parts with twice barbed hooks. Gle
William Boyd his bellyful OF curses.
Turn him as often on thy roasting
spit as he has turned his coat on the
earth. Frighten wee Telfair wi his
uncanniest O. a. thy deil's imps. And
as for the rest Of them, may they burn
back and front, ingate and outgate,
hide. hair and harrigals, till there is
nocht left O. them but a wee pluff O.
ash, that I could hold like snuff be-
tween my fingers and thumb and blaw
away like the white head O. a dande-
lion."
He came to an end for lack Of breath,
and I could hear him stir restlessly,
thinking perhaps that he had omitted
The herald., 1897-12-12
Characters in Novels,

Charlotte Bronte drew living picturna
in "shirley" to such an extent that pep
ple recognized and called each other lyy
their new or novel" names.
George Lewes was assumed to be the
original OF George Eliot's Mr.. Casau-
bon in "Middlemarch."
Dryden was noted for his satires on
living persons.
Pope actually erased the name Of one
Of his characters. and put Colley t,ib-
ber's in Its place.
Byron heavily scored his critics, ana
Bulwer did q like Office for Tennyaon.
Bulwer was rather accomplished In this
respect. He satirized the Athena eur,,
magazine In paul Clifford Even
George Nv. Of England was depicted q
the keeper Of = low den In the eams
The herald., 1897-12-12
On the Mississippi

The first vessels that ever entered
the Mississippi from the sea were the
French Frigates Renommee and Gi-
ronde, January 8. 100. These vessels
proceeded as far as the Tensas. which
they reached April IL. The first vessel
built on the banks Of the Mississippi
by white men was launched In 15l1,
shortly after the death and burial Of
De Soto. The boatmen and early navi-
gators of the present century were long
in danger from Indians and pirates. A
notorious resort for these was Crows
Nest. or Stock Island. and many fiat
boats and crews were sacrificed there
until these pests were exterminated by
mob law in 1909. For the five years fol-
lowing 1922, however. the destruction
by snags on the Ohio and Mississippi
amounted to 1882, 500. though the next
Ave years showed but 1881, 900 loss from
the same cause. In 1S41 there were 450
steamboats, on the Mississippi and it,
tributaries, with an average burden Of
200 tons and an aggregate value Of ST.
zoo, 900.
In operating these boats about $3.50
persons were employed. The average
value of the products carried each sea-
son was something like $200, ZOO, or an
aggregate Of $50. .Ooo.o0o up to 1912.
Previous to the adoption Of steam
navigation the whole commerce from
New Orleans to the upper country was
carried In about twenty barges, aver
aging 100 tons each and making but one
trip a year. There were not over $50
keel boats on the upper Ohio. carrying
about 30 tons each and making the trip
from Pittsburg to Louisville and back
in two months. or about three voyages
IN a season. From 1911 to 1850. SIC boats
were lost, valued at over $7.0o0,000. In
2sS cases the killed and wounded aggre-
gated 1850. The average age Of all the
boats lost was five years. From 1915
to 1871 there were SO explosions. involv-
ing a loss Of life in each varying from
to 1,649. ..lx~a!.s,.
The herald., 1897-12-12

said knowing that my father was on
his way from market"
For this" said I. not thinking Of
my place and dignity. "will I reckon
with William Boyd"
Mary Gordon went on without notic-
ing my Interruption.
$50. though my father told them
that he could not go. that his wife
waited for him by the croft entrance,
and that his daughter was to meet
him, yet upon their crying out that he
And this is all?" I asked. For the
accusation had been far greater than
this.
LAS live and must die, that Is ALL
The other things which they testify
that he did that night are but the
blackness and foulness Of their own
hearts"
IT will go speak with him" I
said.
Mary Gordon had been seated upon a
wall which jutted out over the water
She leaped to her feet. in an instant,
and caught me by the wrist, looking
The herald., 1897-12-12
XXI.
LOVE OR DUTY.

passed by the little Clachan Of St.
Johns Town of Dairy, leaving II
stretching away up the braeface on my
right hand. A little way beyond the
kirk 1 struck into the fringing woods
Of Earlstoun which like an army OF
trainbands beset the gray tower.
Suddenly something gay glanced
through the wavering sunsprays and
the green scatter Of the shadows. A
white summer gown. dainty hat
white-plumed, but beneath the bright
feather a bowed head, with tears in
the eyes-and 10! Mary Gordon stand
ing alone and in sorrow by the water
pools of the Deuch.
had never learned to do such things,
and even now cannot tell what it was
that came over me. For without a
moments hesitation I kneeled on one
knee. and taking her hand I kissed it
with infinite love and respect.
She turned quickly upon me, dash
ing the tears from her face with her
hand.
"Quintin!" she cried-I think before
she thought.
Mary" 1 said, for the first time in
my life to my lady's face.
''Why are you here?" she asked,
anxiously. you have heard what they
say OF my father?"
Il have heard, and come to know"
said quietly.
She clasped her hands in front of her
breast and then let them fall loosely
down in sort Of slack despair.
The herald., 1897-12-12
copyright, 1897. by s. R. Crockett.1
SYNOPSIS.

This is the story of Quintin Mac Clel-
lan's life, written by himself with addi-
tions by his brother Hob. Quintin has
been ordained a minister of the State t.,
sympathy with the Covenanters. He has
a dispute with the Presbytery and Is ey- ,
Of Balmaghie, which is his parish, pre-
vent his being deprived of his church.
and he still continues to preach to them.
Quintins love affairs have also had their
tragic side. He is widower having
married Jean Gemmel on her death bed.
It was jeans, intense. love for Quinti,n
that brought this about and he now real
ICES that he married the peasant lass to
satisfy her dying whim,. and not for love
of her. He has always been in love with
Mary Gordon, but she has refused his
offer Of marriage. although Quntin has
returned. Mary,is father is Alexander and s5
Covenanter. He has, however, been sus-
pended by the Covenanters, and now
there is report that he is to be entirely
excommunicated by the Presbytery for
drunkenness. When Quintin, hears, this
he goes at once to see his old friend and
the father of the woman he loves.
The herald., 1897-12-12

toun. Ye have come through much and
seen many peoples and heard many
tongues. Ys have been harried BY thu
Malignants, prisoned by the King'i
men, and now the Presbytery have
taken a turn at you. even a. they die
at me and for the same reason.
you were my friend. Earlstoun, and
William Boyd mine enemy, Therefore
he was glad to take up . lying report
against you that are my comrade. Fol
such Is his nature. Can the SOW helr
her foulness. the crow his color? For.
bye We have given some room for the
enemy to speak reproachfully. You
an elder Of the Hill Folk, have col
logued in the place Of drinking with
the enemies Of our cause. They laid
a snare for your feet, and like a simple
fool ye fell therein"
The deep voice interrupted me.
"Who are you that have entered into
mine house Of Earlstoun to reproach
me? Is Alexander Gordon q BARN to
be harried by BARNS that were kicking
In swaddling clouts and buttock-hip-
pens when he was at the head of the
Seven Thousand. And who may you
be? A deposed minister, a college jack
daw, whom the other DAVIS have
warned from the steeple. will not kill
you, Quintin Mac Clellan, but bid you
evade and depart, for the spirit has
where we stand!"
"Ye may fire your piece and slay
your friend on the threshold Of your
house, laird of Earlstoun," cried l,
''but We shall never say that he was q
man unfaithful, a man afraid Of the
face Of men!"
STAND from under, I say!"
Nevertheless I did not move, for
there grew a stubborness within me as
there had done when the Presbytery
set themselves to vex me.
Then there befel what seemed to be
a mighty clap Of thunder. A blast of
windy heat spat in my face. Something
tore at the roots Of my hair. Fire
singed my brow, and the reek of sui
phur rose sitting in my nostrils.
The demon-possessed had fred upon
me. For a moment knew not wheth-
er l was stricken or no. For there
grew a pain hot as fire at my head.
But stood where I was till. in little.
the smoke began laxily to clear through
the trap door into the garret.
put my hand to my head and felt
that my brow was wet and gluey. Then
thought that was surely sped. for
I knew that men stricken in the brain
by musket shot ofttimes scarce feel
their wound. understood not till
later how that the reason Of my escape
which was that the balls Of Earls-
toun's fusil had no time to spread, but
passed as one through my thick hair.
snatching at 1t and tearing the scalp
as they passed.