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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-26

Most people accustomedto m open
air life can tell almost any bird by It's
fight, but IL would be difficult for the
average man to describe how one bird
differs from another In this respect.
Scientists have, however, closely OBJ
served the motion Of the wings, apd
this IL their classification: ~
Gliding hight-A sort OF sliding
over the air on fxed wings, practised
by pigeons apd swallows. t
Soaring Hight--Sailing with occa-
sional naps, Is In the case Of hawks
and eagles.
Rowing hight--Progression by tho
ungracsful tapping we see In duckss
geese, partridges, pheasants and some
times crows.
Sailing fight Using the wind alone
and going along with II as q barge goes
with the stream. vultures, the alba
tross and other large and heavy birds
move about In this lazy way. =
lowering Remaining futtsr-
ing over fixed point as humming
birds and skyiarks do.--New York
Journal. ~.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-26
collar, while with the other he held
the mans left wrist high In the air.
II |.

Dortheim--for he IL was-was fight
ing like demon. I could see his
broad shoulders heave and strain with
every movement. But Mount was
mad with rage and pain--a consider
able quantity of the vitriol had
splashed over him, and he was in hor-
rible agony from the burning acid;
and so the two swayed backward and
forward, so closely intertwined that 1
could not render assistance.
Presently Mount shouted: "Knock
il out Of his hand, Lascellesl Knock
IL out Of his handl Ny leg is giving!"
And then for the first time | realized
why II was Mount struggled to hold
his adversary's hand so high. Dor
theim had got second glass bomb
filed with vitriol, and Mount daren't
release his grip.
made O grab at the mans arm, in
tending either TO make him leave go
or break his wrist But just as / did
so l heard cry from Mount, and saw
him 60 down. His wounded leg, which
had burst out bleeding afresh, had
given under him. Dortheim's arm
naturally jerked back, and / missed
my hold. At the same instant no
gave horrible scream, and, putting
his hand to his eyes, fell head foremost
into the river below.
heard his body strike projecting
corner OF the lower deck. There was
a splash aud in an instant he was
whirled away out of sight into the
black fog.
With word TO Mount 1 hurried TO
the boat, which found moored to the
stern, and casting loose pulled franti-
cally down stream, but after ten minutes
IL was evident that there was no chance
of finding him alive or dead in that
inky darkness---in fact, il was with
the greatest difficulty that was able
to get back TO the barge in safety.
Mount had escaped permanent in
jury by miracle. As 1t was, the acid
had Scared his temple aud hands
badly, but owing partly to the fact Of
the door opening outward and partly
because he had naturally emerged in
a STOPPING attitude the doorway being
low one), the full charge had missed
his face, and, beyond the awful pain
at first, he was comparatively little
damaged.
Dortheim's body was picked up the
next day in fearful condition. How
it happened exactly 1 cannot tell, but
/ imagine that the sudden release OF
his wrist caused him to grip the frail'
glass vessel so tightly that IL broke,
and the acid fell straight on his up
turned face, binding him instantly. /
shall never forget the poor wretch's
screams as he fell. 1t may have been
retribution, but 1t was none the less
horrible, and I can't think Of II with
out shuddering.
However, such was the death Of one
OF the cleverest scoundrels Of the
period, and the leader and organizer
of Dortheim Il Co.--Answers.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-26
IRRspRsssleLs.

am the swiftost thing on earth =
l jump from continent to continent!
l leap
Across the deep,
From occident TO orient
| never rest,
| never stop!
From east TO west,
From field to shop
l swoop-
Now with whoop
OF exultation,
Now with tinge OF pcrturbationl
Day after day
| retain my wonderful gal. 8.
l never rest, never stay
am busier than Fate
] am here and there,
i am everywhere
Al the same time
In every land-ln every cline
| am always busy with u big b,
And men quit eating to consider mo-
i am tho war rumorl
Cleveland Leader.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-26
HUMOROUS.

"Well, Monthleigh is going to join
the ranks of the Benedictsl' "yol-
unteer or drafted?"
"If you found large sum of money,
would you give il back to the owner?"
'To be honest, "Nop
observation-disclosures me, madam, but
are you marriedp Witness-Oh, your
worship, this Is so sudden!
Lawyer--I have my opinion Of you.
Citizen--Well, you can keep it. The
last opinion | got from you cost me
$3.50.
''Without q word Of warning he
threw himself at my feet" ooh,
we'll, you know he couldn't miss
them"
Quizzer--What makes you think
tho inventor OF the tandem vas O wom-
anP Guyer-Man is placed in tho
background.
81 see that big canvas in the gold
frame is signed by Smith as we'll as
you" ''Yes; we collaborated, Sort
Of companions in gilt, eh?"
Friend--I suppose you've had some
hard experiences? Returned Klon-
diker--0h, yesl I've seen times when
wa hadn'. a thing but money.
~ suppose II is out OF considera-
ton for your wife that you haven't
enlisted and gone to the front" "On
the contrary, IL is TO spite her."
Mrs. Upjohn--Doesn't your hus-
band resen. the way In which you
manage him2 Mrs. Highup-'Shl He
never suspects that I manage him.
Little Elmer--Pa, what is an extern
poraneous speaker Professor Broad.
head-One who can talk fluently about
nothing without any previous prepara-
ton.
He--This is tho last time will
ever ask you to marry me. She--Do
you swear II, Rudolph Hell swear
Il by oil hold sacred. She Then
accept.
"Those rough riders ought to make
. good set OF fighters" "Yes, but
wait until you see the regiment Of
trolley motormen that Is preparing for
the front"
Miss Prcttysweet--So you have o
parrot, Mr., Softleigh2 Softleigh(wh
stammers) Yes, and it's gr-great T.
fun. I'm t-t-teaching ii ito t-t-talk,
you k-know.
81 thought you said you didn't care
for him?" "Well, I thought didn't,
but I didn't know then that the Smith
girl in the next block Is desperately
in love with him."
wife-we've been living here six
months now and not one Of the neigh
bors has called. Husband-Don't
worry. I'm going to have telephone
put In the house next week. 1
"what You have written q new
cook book for your wife. How did
you do it2" easy enough. I wrote
the name OF each dish, and underneath
the restaurant where II can be had
best"
No; IL is not hard to write funny,
paragraphs. All you have to do Is to
procure q pen, some paper aud ink
and then sit down and write them, MS
they occur 10 you. II Is not the writ
ing, but the occurring. that Is hard. !.
She is this your cyclometsr on the
mantel? He--Yes. She Why, il
only registers Il. Is that all the
miles you have ridden In six months?
He--Oh, mol keep that to tell the
humber Of dollars / have paid In in.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-26
A Long Memory.

whats the matter?" asked the
penurious landlord. r
''The plaster's fallen of the ceiling"
said the tenants son.
swell, ] hope you're satisfied. The
first thing you did when you moved
in was to complain that the ceilings
were too low. Washington Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-16

Theharvest supper has various names
in England, among them being the nell
supper. harvest supper and harvest
home.
In Windsor, the farmers always
crown the last load of the season with
flowers, and an image, dressed to repre-
sent Ceres, Is borne in n procession.
The United States is about the only
country which has no established har-
vest customs. In some parts harvest
celebrations are held, but we have no
traditions such as they have abroad.
In Bavaria the last sheaf is fashioned
into the shape of n human being. with
stick in one hand, wreath on its
head, and around it the peasants kneel
in prayer, not to the image, but to the
Supreme Being.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-16
AFTER THE BALL HIT HIM.
So1SSotion Of . Soldier Shot at EI
CaAST-An Age Before He Heard
~ . M6n swear. >

First Lieut.. w. III. Wassell, TWENTY
second United States infantry, writing
to his parents in Pittsburgh, says: IL
was shot about four o'clock on the
afternoon of July while storming FL
Caney, northeast of Santiago. 1 was
looking through field glasses at tsa
time, and the ball cut through the
outer part Of the little finger of the
left hand, joint next to the hand,
then through the palm of my hand,
out just below the index finger, then
in the cheek about half an inch from
the left corner of my mouth, back
through my mouth, taking several
back teeth, downward through nv
neck, still downward and toward my
spine, coming out about halfway down
my back, and about four inches from
my spine. l haven't bone broken. I
can swallow, and, thank God, l am
strong. and, aside from possible scar,
Will be no worse off. -
IL will never forget the sensation of
being shot. We had been under fire all
day-the hottest rain of bullets that
ren ever went up against. The Span
iards were all intrenchcd. They shot
ns from behind their earthworks,
h!cckhouses, trees and church towers.
All at once it seemed as if was lifted
- .'riN tie ground and whirled round'i
-; r"und, oh. so terribly fast. / never
'AHt consciousness during the sensa:
t:on. felt myself going. but L seemed
10 realize that if 1 let myself go it
would be all over, 80 I}tppk a brace;
and after what seemed an age Of this
"hirling was dropped to the ground:
Then it seemed as il no one would no =
tice that I had been hit. ~ ~ d''4l""
at seemed an age before'I heard ~,
man swear and say: They have hit
Lieut.. Wassell.' He picked, me upto
carry me down behind the crest Of the
hill, and what storm Of bullets the
poor fellow got as he raised me. I
didn't know how badly was hurt, but
from the blood gushing from my mouth
and the pain in my baek' where the
bullet had left me, imagined was
in it pretty badly. Capt. Lochinvar
came 10 me, and I remember telling
him I did not know whether /
was done for or only scared to death
One of the men dressed me as we'll as he
could with my first-aid bandages, and
lc.T under a tree until about six
O'Clock. About that time some of the
"rAniards began n riot on the other
side of me, and for little while the
bullets from friend and foe whirled
over me and struck near me. About
sundown, the firing having ceased, 1
was carried about mile to the bridge
hospital. Here I was dressed. The
doctors were worked to death, and did
their best.
"All night and all the next day our
hospital was fred upon by Spaniards.
Toward the evening Of the second day
was put in a wagon and taken about
three miles to the division hospital,
which I left in the morning Of the Sd to
go to Siboney. Twelve Of us rode in
the ambulance. It was good ten!!mile
ride over the most abomindble road.
That night they put me on board the
Cherokee for Key West hospital. I
didn't want to go, but It was not a
matter f,argument nt."-Providenc (R.
J9 Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-16
ALLY INDEPENDENT.
". BOOHER. Editor ana Pro-
prfee6f. sHHs = . @
AN EVENING PAPER,

AN EVENING PAPER,
uod Every Day, Sundays, Excepted.
Copy, one year,. ...... ........... % %
Copy. six months &................. %
Iny period under six months, one dollar
month. Payable IN advance:
ivsred by caxr4er In Elko at twenty-five
perweek
EEKLY INDEPENDENT.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ushed every Friday and sent to any ao.
9, postage paid), at the following rates,
sble inaadvnnce. ''' ff''ih 49,
yesr- r---'.....-... ................. %
any period under six months, fifty oents
month. = u -
hsersd at Elko, NevGda,, Ppstotfice for
|Smisslon through the mails as second
y mai matter.
ADvERTIslNG Hates.
! be made ~ low as Is consistent with
BUSINESS principles. Apply st tho sof
.ter terms
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
The First Invasion of Cuba.

A Paris paper publishes an extract
translated from a Madrid paper, de-
scribing the first invasion of Cuba, in
1894. 1t is drawn from an old book
on Cuba, and is sad to be an extract
from the original lo3book OF Column
bus. He wrote: "On the IA of April
in early morning / heavily armed
those who were to disembark from the
ships and caravals, aud I cruised
along the coast of the island to the
north northeast, in order to see the
other side, which is at the east, and
and also to examine the villages. I
saw two or three, whose inhabitants
ran to the shore bringing to us fresh
water and food. Crowds of men and
women, each of whom had his or her
Offering to present to us, were prais-
ing God, and they threw themselves
upon their knees and raised their
hands toward heaven in welcoming
u.s." The Partisan editor adds the
following 'Thus were received the
first Europeans to reach America.
Everybody knows what reward was
presented for this reception by those
who arrived, and that, dispossessed,
pillaged, massacred, the natives very
soon learned the benefits of civiliza-
ton, which the conquerors freely gave
to them. And now there are other
conquerors arriving, they also from
the sea, who in turn will dispossess
the Spaniards. Must it be said, Jus
tice immanente DIES chooses 2 Justice
overtakes evildoers. Spain will doubt
less think otherwise, if for no other
reason than that at the end of 400
years she thinks she has the right to
claim immunity under the law of linn
itation. New York Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
"Wych" HaZel-Not witch" Hazel.

The correct name for Hamamelis
Virginica is not witch hazel, but wych
hazel. Our plant has no connection
with the magic of the water hunter.
The blackthorn of England, Prunus
Spinosa, was the wood used in these
divinations, or whatever these super
stitious practices may be termed.
Hazel had very wide meaning in the
olden times, and the elm, as we'll as
the nut now known as such, was hazel.
One of these elms, now known as
Ulmus Montana, was the favorite wood
for making wyches, or provision chests,
and was therefore known as the wych
hazel. In the present day it is the
wych elm. Our hamamelis received
from the early settlers the name of
wych hazel from the resemblance of
the leaves to those of the wych hazel
or elm of the Old World. Language
reformers imagining that wych should
be spelled witch are responsible for
the confusion. Wych hazelis the cor
rect term for our plant. -Meehan's
Monthly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
Caught a Carp in a Stone Trap,

The largest fish ever caught around
Binghamton, N. Y, was taken in the
Chenango river by boy named Ryan
10 years old recently. The lad was
fishing near the railroad bridge, when
he noticed mammoth fish trying to
get over Noye's dam. Procuring
some large stones, he built barrier
around it to prevent its escape, and
after hard work succeeded in landing
it. the fish was German carp and
weighed seventeen and three-quarters
pounds. This is the largest fish ever
taken out of the waters of the Che
mango. New York Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
HIS COFFIN A BOAT.
An Iceland Fisherman Buried in HiA
Little DOry.

An Iceland Fisherman Buried in HI
Little Dory.
Herbert d. Ward writes in the Cen
fury of the "Heroes of the Deep"
one of the series of articles on Heroes
Of Peace" Mr.. Ward says:
On April 25, 1895, a fishing-vessel
came out from the harbor of Dyre
Flord, Iceland, to bait up and set his
travis. It became cal II at night, but
in the morning, when the dories wen
out to haul, it began to breeze up
The gale came up so rapidly that the
head dories, in order to save them
selves at all, cut their gear and made
for the vessel, which was drifting
astern, so that the men could gel
aboard. Soon all the dories were in
but one, and the skipper was in the
rigging, looking for it anxiously. Il
was not long before he discovered il
to windward, bottom up, with the two
men on top.
Volunteers offered instantly. BY
this time the gale was hurricane, and
the sea had made rapidly. The great
danger was apparent. One of the
men who went to the rescue as mat
ter of course, at the peril OF his life,
was Carl Eckhoff, an indomitable
Swede. I have been unable to dis
cover the names of the other two.
The wind as we'll as the tide was
against the rescuers. Again and again
they were almost swamped; but rapid
bailing and skilful handling carried
them on in the white hell. At last,
ll-nigh spent, they reached the
dory just in time to save one man
alive. But the other was dead. His
head was fouled in the gear where he
had fallen over, benumbed by the icy
water. They carried him back to the
vessel, and worked three hours in vain
trying to resuscitate him. Then they
made for the harbor.
On the following day @ procession
of the crews of three vessels wendell
its way to the churchyard. Uplifted
upon the stalwart arms of mourning
mates, the dory led the way. 1t was
the assassin dory, and in it, in simple
state, lay the man it had killed.
Up through the churchyard, into
the plain church, the man was carried
in this strange bier. There he was
laid before the pulpit while the minis
ter said over him the prayer for the
dead. The freezing grave was ready.
In it John Jacobsen was buried. No
longer will he risk the gale Or the ice.
The dory that had slain him was his
coffin; and the cold earth of warm
hearted Iceland has covered both man
and boat in an eternal peace.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
Queens Expensive Vacation.

Queen Victoria's recent trip to the
Continent was beneficial to her ges'
eral health and is said even to hass
improved her eyesight, but these In
provements involved cost of $75, 0Oe.
She paid something like $4,000 .
month for her apartments, and o.
though shew in Cimiez for less than
two months, she was charged for tbe
full time. There was also the cost Q!
maintaining suite Of some 60 to 70
persons. A heavy item was the charge
for her special trains between Nice
and Cherbourg, for which the Frenos
companies charge exorbitantly. SONS
idea of this amount may be gatherea
from the fact that the lowest charge 70
q private person for special train ~
France is S. mile. The cost OF the
trip came entirely out Of the Quee1s
privy purse, which is held by wv
Fleetwood Edwards.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

The export trade of the Congo state
is growing splendidly. In 1886 it was
$354,OOO. In 1889 it was $3.50, 900.
In 1884 it was 81, 1852, 600, and in 1897
it was $3,O29,OOO More than half the
export trade is in rubber, which has
increased in amount more than fifty
fold since 1886. And that increase is
chiefly due to the enormous extension
of wheeling, Thus does civilization
get swiftly forward upon bicycle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
How to Travel Without a Pass,

''Pass!" said the elderly but still
athletic navy, gazing CONTEMPORARY
at some brother workmen as the train
was nearing the ticket collecting sta.
ton. 81 don't carry no pass. I can
travel all over England without 9
pass" GLOW do you manage it,
them" asked the little holman tim.
idly. II looks 'em, straight in the face
with a twitch Of the hi, like this.
You know me, guv'nor,' I says"
"Not on this line," cried the other.
'You don't get through like that. It's
show your pass or they hauls you Of
in two sticks" "Ha!" snorted the
navy, "haul me out Not twenty Of
'em Couldn't" "Well, you'll see.
The train drew up, the ticket collector
appeared. Everybody in the carriage
looked forward to row, and people
in the adjoining compartments craned
over the partitions to watch the events.
'Tickets!" growled the collector hast.
lily scrutlnlzlng the passes" thaI
were thrust into his hand, ''rhat
man in the corner amt got pass
squeaked a thin voice. The navy
affected to be rumaging in his capa.
cious pockets; the wink, the straight
look had failed; everybody was eager.
ly awaiting the hauling out" when,
to the disappointment OF the crowd the
man produced perfectly Legitimate
ticket from the corner OF q blue pocket.
handkerchief. Household Words.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

1t is hardly possible that the widow
of the great English commoner who
all through life declined ennoblement
at the hands of the Queen will now
fall to the bait, muses. the st. Louis
Star. She is the relict of Mr.. Glad
stone, and space is reserved beside
his body at Westminster Abbey for
her remains. Mrs. Gladstone would
read much more eloquently on the
tablet than the Countess of Liverpool.
Oh, no. Gladstone lived and died as
plain Mr.. His widow, if she reyeres
his memory, will live the balance of
her life and go down to the tomb as
Mrs. Gladstone.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27

We do not have to search long for
The explanation of the tremendous
spread of the English language dur
ing the last one hundred years, says
the Atlanta Constitution. There is
something in the temperament of both
Britons and Americans which makes
them superior to any other race of peo-
pie ION the globe in wideawake progress
iveness. While Great Britain on the
one hand has been engaged in plant
ng colonies in all parts of the globe,
he United States on the other hand
las been engaged in subduing the vast
domain of the North American CONT.
lent. While Great Britain has car
led the English language into foreign
quarters, placing it upon the lips of
Millions, the United States with the
'roffer OF splendid opportunities held
nut to the discontinued spirits of the
Id world has succeeded in attracting
billions into her ample borders, en-
owing them with her language as
rell as with the fruits of liberty. In
pite of the decline which other ma
ions have experienced, the two great
snglish-speaking nations have forged
heir way to the front, causing every
PstaCle to succumb to their inyinci-
10 progress. At the present time
Aey carry on the great bulk of the
"orlds commerce, and represent the
aaior portion of its wealth and enter
rise. Such being true, there seems
; be abundant warrant for the state
tent that the worlds destiny, in a
rye measure lies within the keeping
7 the two great branches Of the An
lo-Saxou race.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-27
PEARLS OF THOUGHT

The golden age is not the apa !,
gold, but the age of heart. -EmeSr s y
He who buys what he does not ,..,
will soon need what he cannot buv WV
Haskell.
He hazardeth much who depand.
upon learning for his experience
Roger Ascham.
Good actions crown themselves u;.s
lasting bays who deserves we'll, mead. i.
not another's praise. R. Heath.
The mind of a bigot is like ths
pupil Of the eye; the more light Won IN
pour upon it, the more it contracts Z
Oliver w. Holmes.
The true gentleman is always mod.
est. He is more ready to obtain III.
opinions of others than to parade bis
own.-Talmage.
1t is a glorious privilege to have
ones memory gloriously handed down
to after ages, and to stand upon record
to the latest periods of time-Jeremy
Collier.
opportunity comes" said the old
proverb with feet Of wool, treadina
soft" You must have the instinct II
an artist for the approaches of this
good geuius. You must listen for it.
Samuel Johnson.
When we are young we are slavishly
employed in procuring something
whereby we may live comfortable
when we grow old, and when we are
old we perceive it is too late to live as
we proposed. Seneca.