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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30

Pull southwark, my lads, the shore
opens a bit beyond that headland. We
shall find a smooth beach probably
within that blight yonder.''
Anyway we're not in pilots water"
added Tom, laughing; "give way,
mates-stretch out"
We pulled with hearty will, and
ere long were close in shore-so close
to touch the mighty rocks which rose
sheer from the sea, like mighty CYCLIC
pean walls, but covered with the green
est moss; they overhung and over
Swallowed the dark, deep water that
washed their base, and as they shield
ed us from the fierce monday heat of
the sun, we found the partial GOODNESS
refreshing and delightful.
AS Hislop had foreseen, on rounding
the bluff, the shore receded inward, and
through line of white surf, like that
which boils over the bar at a rivers
mouth, we dashed into a beautiful lit
tie bay, the sandy beach of which was
shaded by groves of bright green trees.
Still we saw no trace of inhabitants;
but selecting small creek, which was
almost concealed by trees that grew,
like mangroves, close to the edge of
the water, we ran our boat in, moored
her securely, where none were likely
to find her save ourselves, and then all
save Hislop and Billy the cabin boy,
who remained to attend him, we
went on an exploring expedition in
search of natives or whatever might
turn up next.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30
CHAPTER XVI.
Discover Land.

The following are the names Of those
who escaped with me in the long
boat:
Marc Hislop, mats.
Thomas LambOurne, second mate.
Francis PrObart, carpenter.
John Thomas Burnett, ships cook.
Edward Carlton.
Henry Warren.
Hugh Chute
Matthew Hipkin
William Wilkins, usually called
boy Bill"
AS the morning light came in there
appeared to the southwestward a vast
bank of mist or cloud, which shrouded
half the sky and assumed a variety
of beautiful tints when the rising sun
shone on it-yellow and saffron, deep
ening into purple and blue as it's
masses changed in the contrary cur
rents of air; while to the eastward, in
the quarter of the suns ascension, the
ripping ocean shone as if covered with
tremulous and glittering plates of min
gled gold and green
A ration of rum and-water in equal
proportions was now served round to
each man, the leathern cover of a
bung being our only cup, as we had
omitted a drinking vessel among our
hastily collected stores. Half of bis
cult given to each constituted our
breakfast, and with hope dawning with
the day in our hearts we shipped our
oars and pulled stoutly toward the
west.
Tom Lambourne steered; the sea
was smooth, the wind light, and in our
favor; so ere long the mast was ship
To ha
labor of the rowers.
We were anxious for the dense bark
of purple cloud to clear away, that e
might have more extensive view IF
the horizon, and perhaps discover a
sail, but the envious vapor seemed to
darken and to roll before us, or rather
before the wind that bore US aft after
it.
About midday, when we were paus-
ing on our ears, breathless and pant
ing with heat, drenched with perspira-
ton, which ran into our eyes and
trickled down our breasts, and when |
visions of ice-water and bitter beer
came tantalizingly to memory-for sea |
and sky were equally hot, as the for
mer seemed to weller and become oily /
under the blaze of the latter-a sharp
winged bird that skinned past us sud |
denly caught the hollow eye of Hislop, |
who, thought, was sleeping
do you see that bird, Tom?' he |
half starting up from the |
cit is man-of-war
birdi"
What then, sir?'
I'VE must be near land" replied the
mate
"Landi" reiterated every one in the
boat, their voices expressing joy, sur
prise or incredulity.
us it Brazil?" asked Tattooed Tom,
with amazement in his singular face.
Il do not think So" said Hislop,
passing hand YEARLY and reflectively
over his pale forehead. "Brazil-it is
by the last reckoning
made before that Spaniard wounded
me. But Heaven only knows where
we may have drifted to since them"
The wind and currents may have
-aken us many hundred miles from
where the last observation was made"
added Carlton.
But I am convinced that we are
near handbook at the sea-wrack that
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30
CHAPTER xxx.
A Wild Boar.

We felt very much the want of fire.
arms. The air seemed alive with birds
the woods with game of several
kinds; and now an old musket with a
few charges of powder would have
proved more useful to. us than the
treasure of the Bank of England
Hislop recovered strength rapidly,
and his convalescence inspired our lit
tie band of castaways with new conf
dence and vigor, as they had implicit
reliance in his superior knowledge and
intelligence.
We were never idle; for, unarmed
as we were, the task of procuring food
for our general store was by no means
a sinecure to those who undertook it.
Tom Lambourne and John Burnet,
the cook, first brought us a valuable
contribution in the shape of a great
sealion, which was furnished with
rough and shaggy name, that added
greatly to its terrible aspect, for it was
an unwieldly brute, as large as
small-sized cow
They had fallen in with it when it
lay basking on the beach. Burnet
courageously attacked it with one of
the stretchers of the longboat, and
u.
The animal uttered a hoarse grunt
and turned upon him open-mouthed,
when he thrust the staff down its
throat and held it there till Lam
bourne hewed of the head with his
Ratchet
One or two others were afterward
dispatched In the same way; but we
had to lie long in wait, and could not
0r1r = I4iy-
retreat to the water.
Their hearts and tongues were con-
sidered the best food by the sailors,
who bro1led them over a fire which
we kindled by striking two stones to-
gether. and letting the sparks fall upon
a heap of dry leaves; and to the dis
covery of these impromptu fiints we
were indebted to Ned Carlton
AS for salt, 1 found plenty of it,
baked in the crevices of the rocks up
on the beach, where the spray had
been dried by the hot sunshine.
The wild boars that lurked in the
woods baff1ed our efforts for a long
time. Pv the edge of the hatchet we
possessed fashioned for my own use
kind Of spear. about six feet long,
hewn out of a piece of fine teak wood,
which L found upon the beach.
This weapon L made and pointed
with great care, and armed with it
lay in watch for the sea-
lions, but without success.
On the shore, at this season, when
the sunshine was reflected from the
sloping faces of the volcanic rocks and
from the surface of the sea, the heat
was beyond all ription-intense,
breathless and suffocating, SO that the
lungs would collapse painfully in the
difficulty of respiration.
To breathe was like attempting it
at the mouth of a newly-opened fur
mace, and so I usually retired inland
and sought the cool solitude of the
1eep thickets, or wandered through |
groves of solemn, impressive and ma
estic old trees; for some were there |
80 old that they must have cast the |
shadows of their foliage on Alphonso |
lie Albuquerque or Tristan da Cunha |
Ind their bearded followers.
How many ocean storms had swept |
heir leaves into the waste of waters !
since then!
We had now been five days on the |
sland without a sail being seen, l
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30

boy, who had been in pursuit of a
little kid along the beach, returned to
us, dragging after him a long spar
which he had found among the layer
of shingles, bright shells and dusky
weeds deposited by the sea; and on ex-
animation this spar proved to be one
of the lower studding-sail booms of the
Eugene, and the same which had part
ed from the brig on the eventful
evening of the punishment!
cit is our own property" said Billy,
"and may be useful when we have a
fire to light
boy Bill, we have a better use for
it than burning said Tattooed Tom;
" tits the mast for our signal-post, al
ready made to hand, and we'll step it
on the hilltop tomorrow"
For that night We bivouacked under
a large tree, the name and genus of
which were alike unknown to us. At
times some were cOnverSing, some
slept, others lay waking and thinking,
with the murmur of the shining sea
close by in their ears; and I could see
the stars Of the Southern Cross shin
ing with wonderful brilliance at the
verge of the watery horizon.
The novelty of our situation kept me
long awake, and with my head pillow
ed on a bundle of dry seaweed, with
the sail of the long boat spread over
us as an impromptu tent and for pro-
lection from the dew, 1 lay in medita-
ton and full of melancholy thoughts
ere sleep came upon me, and with it
confused dreams of the burning ship,
of my secluded home, and of
the schoolboy spot,
We long remember, though there long
forgot
Again 1 was at Elton! Again 1 saw
che smooth green p1aying-fields alive
with ardent schoolboys in the merry
summer sunshine, and again I heard
the clamor of their young voices and
the balls rafting on bat and wickets;
again 1 heard the pleasant green leaves
rustic in the old woods Of the Tudor
times; or again 1 was in the shady
quadrangles where the monotonous
hum of many classes porting over their
studies stole through the mullioned
windows on the ambient air; and in
my dreaming ear that "drowsy hum"
seemed strangely to mingle with the
chatting of the surge upon eth unnum-
bered pebbles of the lonely shore
close by.
At last, overcome by WEAKNESS, by
lassitude and toll, slept soundly.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30
CHAPTER XVIII.
We Build a HINT


My old tutor at Elton used to say,
quoting some ''wise saw that ga lazy
boy made a Ivy man, Just as a crook
ed sapling makes crooked tree
1t was fortunate for me, however,
while on the island of Alphonso, that
my habits were those of activity, and
that l was never Emphatic by nature.
After dawn next morning we set
about the erection of a hut, though
we had no other tools than a small
Ratchet and our claspknives. With
these we cut or tore down a great num-
Der of large branches, and stuck them
in the earth, selecting place where
two angles of impending rock conven-
iently enough formed two solid walls
for our edifice, leaving us but two
others to erect
AS Tom Lambourne said, ''the fellow
who cannot use a hammer or ak is only
half a man." so we all worked hard
with such implements as we had, until
our hut was complete.
We left an entrance next the rocks
by which to creep in and out, and
then matched or built over the inter
twisted branches with turf, torn I'D by
our hands, and with broad plantain
leaves, creepers and all kinds of ten
drills that had toughness and consist
ency woven to form a roof.
At the erection of this most primi-
tive wigwam we toiled the whole day.
save during the scorching interval at
noon, and ere nightfall it was complete,
with piles of dried leaves and seagrass
for couches and bedroom furniture.
Therein we placed all our provisions
the three bags of bread, two kegs
of rum (Which, by unanimous consent.
were placed under the sole supervision
of Hislop); our four casks. of water
were also brought ashore, though there
was no lack of pure springs on the
island
In this wigwam were also placed our
blankets. the sails and tackle of the
longboat, and then the succeeding days
were spent in accommodating provisions
Gas we looked forward with dread to
our last biscuit, and a signaI-post was
erected on the mountain.
With Probart, the carpenter. and
Henry Warren 1.-TWO of our stoutest
hands,, Tom Lambourne and I went
upon this duty.
Alternately carrying upon our shout
ders or dragging in our hands the
boom, we toiled through
wild and untrodden wastes toward the
summit of the great and yet nameless
con1cal mountain that rears it's lonely
scalp to the height of five thousand
feet above the waves of the Southern
sea.
The hope that on reaching its sum-
NIT we might descry a sail was an ad-
dltlonal incentive to toll up the steep
slope without lingering by the way.
On leaving fiat savanna of sedee
grass we reached a series of wooded
ridges, which form the base of the
mountain, at every step rous1ng clouds
OF birds. especially species of black
COCK, and twice in the jungle we came
upon the lair of wild boars of great
size and such ferocity of ASPECT that
we were glad to shrink astern of Tat
tooed Tom, who carried the hatchet.
This jungle was exceedingly difficult
of penetration, owing to its density.
The number of wild aloes, with Green
ing plants, prickly pears and other
weeds, of what kind I know
not, twined about them, it was a lit-
eral wilderness of serrated grass
blades, yellow gourds and grea,
'quashy pumpkins. like gigantic vere-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30

ITO Be Continued next Saturday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
\ BULLETIN ON FARMING.
A Valuable Publication In Course of
Preparation by Prof Massey.

a Valuable Publication In Course of
Preparation by Prof. Massey.
Prof. W. +. Massey, of the North
Carolina College of Agricultural and
Mechanic Arts. has in course of prepa-
ration Il bulletin that will he in great
demand by the farmers of the State.
for it will be full of useful informal
ton and practical Suggestions for them.
1t will he entitled. Farming in North
Carolina--some hints in regard to i'm
provemont of soils and their products. :
1t is a popular treatise on methods
Of farming and soil Improvement. and
will form q companion publication TO
Prof Massey'S bulletin ON Trucking.
which has just run through its second
edition.
The new bulletin will appear about
the last of April and will be for free
distribution, the cost Of publication be-
ing paid by the Agricultural Depart
ment.
\ beading Virginia farmer writing to
the Roanoke Times says:
Il regard Prof. Massey as the best
living authority on all matters pertain
ing TO Southern agriculture; and If
have achieved any success whatever M
farming, | owe it in n great measure to
having put into practice the sound agri-
cultural doctrine emanating from the
pen Of this distinguished man."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23

some newspaper published in said coun-
-. the cost of sand notice 10 he paid by
the county.
Section q. This act shall apply only
TO the counties of Forsyth, Perquimans.
Harnett, Davie. Washington, Granville.
Cumberland Vance. Nash. Edgecombe.
Greene. Duplin. Wayne, Lenoir. Bun
combe. Person. Mcdowell. Martin Ruth
erford, Onslow. Pender, Wilson. Rock
ingham. Rowan, Durham, Caswell. Rob-
eson Bladen. Brunswick, New Hanover.
Moore. Polk. Burke, Beaufort, Chowan.
.kshe. WatauSa Sampson, Allegheny.
Carteret. Pitt Catawha. Alamancc. Cra-
ven. Jones, CASTOR, Richmond, Lincoln
and Gates.
Section {. That an act entitled An
act to amend chapter siXty-eight Of
public laws of one thousand eight hum
dred and ninety-scven' ratified ON the
80. day of January eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine. be amended by strik-
inc out section three thereof and insert
inc in lieu thereof the following: This
act shall be in force from and after the
fourth day of March. nineteen hundred
and one"
Section s. That this act shall he in
force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 2Sth day of February,
A. D., 1899.
|. Cyrus Thompson. Secretary of State.
do hereby certify the foregoing to he a
true copy from the records of this Of
flee. This March II. 1899.
CYRUS THOMPSON,
Secretary of State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
GIVEN HIS THIRD PARDON.
Sam Pearson to BE Turned Out of tn,
Penitentiary on April 14th.

The Governor has committed the sen
fence Of Samuel Il. Pearson, of Burke
county. from ten years to two years and
eight months This is his third term
and third pardon. The first time he cut
the throat of a man named Walker and
got 20 years. He served but short
while. Next he was convicted of steal
ing horse and again sent up. \ sec
ond time he was pardoned, after serving
less than two years.
His last conviction" says the Raleigh
correspondent of the Wilmington Messen-
ger, was for characteristic crime.
He was running Il blind tiger on one
of the principal streets in Morganton.
and becoming vexed because John Me-
Nicely, who owned the single licensed
salon in town, was hurting his business
by competition. he entered Mr.. Me
Neely's bar one night and emptied every
whiskey and wine flask or keg that he
could lay his hands on. This. in brief is
the history of the man whom Governor
Russell sends TO the bosom of his fam
lily on the 18th of next April
Pearson has, during his present term,
been head nurse in the criminal insane
department.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
4 REAL LIVE NOBLEMAN.
He Was One of Constable Foxy Quill
ler's Humble Subordinates.

Ii will be interesting to those who
saw the .Highwayman" at the Academ,
Of Music Tuesday night, TO know that
in the chorus of this superb comic
opera there was real French baron
with a long line of noble ancestors On
the play bill his name did not reveal
his origin, which, if printed here with
his titles, would require whole hand
fnl of type. OF an adventllresome turn
of mind, and being DESTROYS Of acquiring
the experience and knowledge OF travel.
he engaged with the Broadway Theatre
Opera Company for the Western tour
from which he returns TO appear at the
home theatre, the Broadway. The ba-
ron has an excellent tenor voice, and
is one of the most nimble Of Foxy Quill
ler's humble and inferior associates. He
is a talented linguist. and with more
than ordinary enterprise has formed a
French class in the company. which
has made great progress on the road
The Baron's hobby is to perfect the
company so thoroughly in French that
they will be able to give a performance
Of 'The Highwayman" in that Ian
guage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
NOW YOT SEE 1T, NOW YOT
DON'T
Spring a Coy Maiden and March
Mean Month.
The Spring has come. gentle Anuie

ne Spring mas come. gentle AnuIe.
Rut will she stay AYE, there's the
rub. / mean the Spring. not Annie
Shes paid us several calls this sea-
son. bur they were pop-calls. She
didn't stay long. coy maiden that She
is. and took her own time about coming
back again.
Until the dogwood blooms. the honey
suckle seeks his shady haunts and tie
bull-frog joins the Tom cat in his nightly
serenadc we are never quite sure This
hlnShing maid. with the cold strcaks run
ming down her back. has bluffcd us too
many times.
Though she laughs through sunshine
and birtl-song just now, she's liable 10
gather up her skirts mt any moment and
vanish through rain-storm, with thnn-
der and lightning accompaniment.
March, you know, is one Of the mean
eSt old months in the year. ana he's
apt 10 keep up his reputation OF being
rude to sweet-eyed Spring. More :nan
once he's been known to frost AMI cut
her sadly even in public and sometimes,
Ills said. he sends her home in biting
wind and chilling rain and sleet.
Too severe 4 punishment for even
such aggravating moods as Spri1g
sometimes ShowS--for she's woman.
yon know. and they're built that way
So don't be deceived by the velvet
sunshine and balmy brcezes these days
Beat back the moths from your old
overcoat little longer and don't leave
your neighbours umbrella in the street
ear. You'll need them.
Straw hats and linen busters wouldn't
look Wpll inst now pithpr
True Father Won Herman. who pre-.
scribes and compounds the weather for
this part of the moral vineyard, says
the backbone of the winter in broken
But that statement is Il delusion ana a
snare though no doubt he bases j. on
the northbound flight of wild-geese or
the records Of the last grounding day.
as all good weather prophets should do.
No matter which of these he uses -
authority-or even if he resorts 20 hoth
that long drawn ont old hoary thing,
Winter. is still able to drag his crippled
length along. and as sure as death and
taxes. this will continue and the buds
will not open their green eyes IN the
bare and desolate trees.
Wait for April-4the birth mouth of
all Nature. About the 18th she will
announce the opening Of the maddcst,
merricst season of all the glad new year,
and play steady engagement.
Till then LET us watch and wait.
and be as happy as an honest man can
in so sinful u world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying TO the public
TO know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors of
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds. have given
away over ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; and have the salts
faction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis HoarseneSs and all
diseases of the Throat. Chest and
Lungs are surely cured by il. Call ON
any druggist. and get free trial hottie.
Regular size soc. and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23

AS the season Of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung trou-
bles are to be guarded against, nothing
SIS fine substitute" will answer the
purpose" or is ''just as good as One
Minute Cough Cure. That is the one
mfallible remedy for all lung, throat or
bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously
upon having it if something else" is
offered you. For sale by j. Hal Bob
bitt and Henry II. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
WATER-WoRK SUPPLIES.

Articles of agreement were yesterday
filsd with the Secretary of State for the
incorporation Of the General Fire Equip
ment Company Of Charlotte with a capi-
tai stock of 5000 The incorporators
are: G. W. Brown, II. Il. Parks and $.
O. Stephens. The company win manu-
facture hydrants, valves, sprinklers and
other supplies used in water-works.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
BRAVE MEN FALL

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite. poisons
II the blood, backache. nervousness.
headache and tired listless. rundown
feeling. But there's no need to feel like
hat. Listen to j. w. Gardner. Idayille,
Ind. He says: Electric Bitters are
Just the thing for man when he is all
run down. and don't care whether he
lives or dies. 1t did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than
anything ! could take. ] can now cat
ANYTHING and have a new lease on life. !"
Only 80 cents, ut all Drug Stores
Every bottle guaranteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
EIGHT MuRE REcRrITS.

Eight more recruits. enlisted for For
eign service. left Yesterday for Colnm-
bus Ohio Two of them Edward u.
King. printer. and Wyatt q. Hicks. Il
pAImher-were white Mon The other
six were Young negroes, a. follows:
John Adams. John II. Neal, Daniel
Miles. Geo. w Smith. Harrison Smith
and Travis A. Wilkinson. They will
reach Columbus this afternoon
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pin is Il sugar-coated
glohule of health, that changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into ener-
gy, br;lin-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
Ahealth. Only 25c. per box. Sold by all
Druggists
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-23
THEY LIKE IT.

My daughter has taken Hoods Sarsa-
pariIa rs blood purifier and tonic, and
likes it better than any other medicine.
1t creates Il good appetite and strength
ems the whole system. One Of my
friends who took Hoods Sarsaparill
says it is the best medicine in the world. =
Mrs G. W. Foster Shallowford, y. c.