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gully and the "Hispaniola'' would go
humming down the tide.
So far so good; but it next occurred
to my recollection that taut hawser.
suddenly cut, is a thing as dangerous
as a kicking horse. Ten to one. il !
were so foolhardy as to cut the His
paniola" from her anchor, and the
coracle would be knocked clean out of
the water.
This brought me to full stop. and
il fortune had not again particularly
favored me, should have had to aban-
don my design. But the light airs
which had begun blowing from the
southeast and south had hauled round
after nightfall into the southwest. Just
while / was meditating, puff came,
caught the "Hispaniola" and forced her
up into the current; and, to my great
Joy. l felt the hawser slacken in my
grasp, and the hand by which held it
dip for a second under water.
With that I mace my mind up, took
out my gully, opened 1t with my teeth.
and cut one strand after another, till
the vessel swung by two. Then l lay
quiet, waiting to sever these last when
the strain should be once more light
ened by a breath of wind.
All this time had heard the sound
of loud voices from the cabin; but, to
say truth, my mind had been so en-
tirely taken up with other thoughts
that had scarcely given ear. Now.
however. when had nothing else to do,
began to pay more heed.
One recognized for the cockswain's,
Israel Hands, that had been Flint's
gunner in former days. The other was,
-sf course, my friend of the red night
cap. Both men were plainly the worse
of drink, and they were still drink
ing; for. even while I was listening,
one of them with drunken cry opened
the stern window and threw out some
thing. which l OWNED to be an empty
bottle. But they were not only tipsy;
it was plain that they were furiously
angry. Oaths few like hailstones, anc
every now and then there came forth
such an explosion as thought was sure
to end in blows. But each time the
quarrel passed off, and the voices grum
bled lower for awhile. until the mex,
crisis came, and, in turn. passed away
without result
On shore. l could see the glow of the
great campfire burning warmly through
the shore-side trees. Some one was
singing. u dull old droning sailors song
with droop and quaver at the end OF
every verse, and seemingly no end to j.
at all but the patience of the singer.
had heard it on the voyage more than
once, and remembered these words:
but one man OF the crew alive.
What put to sea with seventy-five."
And thought it was a ditty rather
too dolefully appropriate for company
that had met such cruel losses in the
morning. But, indeed. from what ]
saw. all these buccaneers were as cal.
lous as the sea they sailed on.
At last the breeze came; the schooner
sidled and drew nearer in the dark
l felt the hawser slacken once more
and with n good, tough effort cut the
last fibers through,
The breeze had but little action on
the coracle, and was almost instantly
swept against the bows of the His
PAMELA" At the same time the schoon-
er began TO turn upon her heel, spin.
ming slowly. end for end, across the
current.
! wrought like a fiend, for expected
every moment to be swamped; and
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since l found l could not push the cor
acle directly of. now showed straight
astern. At length was clear of my
dangerous neighbor; and just as gave
the last impulsion, my hands came
across the stern bulwarks. Instantly
l grasped it.
Why ] should have done so can
hardly say. 1t was at first mere in.
stinct; but once had il in my hands
and found it fast. curiosity began to get
the upper hand. and determined ]
. should have one look through the cabin
window.
l pulled in hand over hand on the
cord. and, when judged myself near
enough, rose at infinite risk to about
half my height, and thus commanded
the roof and slice Of the interior of the
cabin.
By this time the schooner and her
little consort were gliding pretty swift
ly through the water; indeed, we had
already fetched up level with the camp
fire. The ship was talking. as sailors
say, loudly, treading the innumerable
ripples with an incessant weltering
splash; and until got my eye abovethe
window sill l could not comprehend
why the watchman had taken no alarm.
One glance, however, was sufficient;
and it was only one glance that l burst
take from that unsteady skiff. 1t
showed me Hands and his companion
locked together in deadly wrestle, each
with hand upon the others throat
1 dropped upon the thwart again,
none too soon, for was near overheard.
l could see nothing for the moment, but
these two furious, encrimsoned faces,
swaying together under the smoky
lamp; and shut my eyes to let them
grow once more familiar with the
darkness.
The endless ballad had come to an
end at last, and the whole diminished
company aboutthe campfire had broken
into the chorus had heard so often:
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest
Yo-ho-ho. and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho, and bottle of rum!'
was just thinking how busy drink
and the devil We're at that very moment
in the cabin of the '.Hispaniola,' when
! was surprised by sudden lurch of the
coracle. At the same moment she
yawed sharply and seemed to change
her course. The speed in the meantime
had strangely increased.
1 opened my eyes at once. All round
me were little ripples, combing over
with a sharp, bristling sound and slight
ly phosphorcscent. The "Hispaniola'
herself. few yards in whose wake I
was still being whirled along, seemed
to stagger in her course, and saw her
epars toss little against the black
ness ofthe night; nay, as looked longer,
l made sure she also was wheeling to
the southwark.
I glanced over my shoulder, and my
heart jumped against my ribs. There,
right behind me, was the glow of the
campfire. The current had turned at
right angles, sweeping round along
with it the tall schooner and the little
dancing coracle; ever quickening, ever
bubbling higher, ever muttering louder,
1t went spinning through the narrows
for the open sea.
Suddenly the schooner in front Of me
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(Roe0i loes sIIFns0h /0~

The house was by this time somewhat
cleared of smoke, and we saw at n
elancet price we had paid for victory.
Hunter laybeside his loop-hoie, stunned;
Joyce by his, shot through the hend'
never to move again; while right in the
center, the squire was supporting the
captain, one as pale as the other.
''The captains wounded" said Mr..
Trelawnsy.
Have they run?" asked Mr.. Smollett.
"An that could, you may be bound
returned the doctor; 'but there's five
of them will never run again"
"Five!" cried the captain. Come,
that's better. Five against three leaves
us four to nine. That's better odds
than we had at starting. We were
seven to nineteen then, or thought we
were, and that's as bad to bear,"@
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
CURTAIN CALLS.

James K. Hackett may tour Austria
liza in the summer of 1902, a proposal to
that effect having been made to him
by J. C. Williamson.
Paris critics have treated the French
version of "Quo Vadis'' with marked
hostility, asserting that it is pla-
giarism from the elder Dumas "Acte''
and Chateaubriand's Martyrs" r..
Charles Hawtrey, who comes to this
country next season with a fine Eng
ish reputation to back him up, will
appear in New York in the fall in "A
Message from Mars" He will be un-
der Charles Frohman's management.
The receipts of the 40 performances
of Gounod's "Faust'' at the Paris op-
era house last year were $145, ,4s0.
Faust" was sung twice as often as
any other opera, Lies Huguenots' be-
ing the next in popularity, with 20 per
formances. q -. Z
Blanche Walsh's production of a
dramatic version Of the novel ssJoan
of the Sword-Hand'' will be one Of the
most important efforts to be staged
next season: She will spend $50, 900 on
it. Her supporting company will be a
particularly strong one.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
Lots of Fish; Few Mermaids,


The colonel OCCASIONALLY broke forth
in language not exactly suited to the
drawing-room. The colonel was well
on in the fifties and had not married.
Not that he couldn't, he was wont tc
explain, but because so few women
struck his fancy.
One evening the colonel attended
a little cat home," and taking the
hostess, very dear friend of his,
aside, poured into her ear the story
of his rejection by charming young
woman whom he had asked to be his
wife. The hostess thought the
colonel needed sympathy, and, beck
oning a charming dinner companion
to her, said: -..
"Col. - has been telling me that
he has not been fortunate in win
ming the hand of Miss -. Now. I
think the colonel ought to remem-
ber the old adage:, There are just
as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught"
"Yes, madam, lots of fish, but there
are so-few mermaids," interrupted
the colonel.-N. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
IN THE WAY OF VARIETY.

DR.. j. F. Davidson, professor of mod
ern languages in the Cincinnati univer-
sity, has resigned and is succeeded by
Miss Amelia Esselborn.
DR.. Talamon, one of the physicians
OF the Bichat hospital, Paris, an
nounces the successful treatment of
pneumonia by injecting anti-diph-
theritic serum. >.,..,@s,
An ordinary bruise may be kept
from discoloring by bathing it imme-
diately with cloths wrung out of hot
water, and a hot water bag kept on a
bad bruise will prevent the usual lame
ness and stiffness. =:
y The four brothers Colt held a unique
reunion at Utica, Mo. The youngest
of: the four is 81 and the oldest 70.
Their wives were there, too. One of
the brothers has been married so
years, another AZ and the two others
40 years. u g<-s>t. Z. ..,s>.<s
"A curious plant is the 'life tree" of
Jamaica. It continues to grow for
years after it has been dug up and it's
roots exposed to the sun. Leaves sew
cred from the limbs will remain green
for weeks. The tree can only be de-
stroyed Sby FIRE: # ~ :.
Ii Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri giant
ess, who is eight feet four inches in
height, recently completed a house for
herself in the. town of Gown, in that
state. Her new house has doors ten
feet high, ceilings Is feet high, with
shairs, tables, beds and everything in
proportion. p. s.=.i 81
Among the things that are worth
rem membering is the fact that beeswax
bro p { ken in pieces and put within the
folds 81 white Woolehs and white silks
win oyercome; that tendency toward
yye lloWpsss that white fabrics have
I when laid away Tor any length ot time.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
Fv4vA4,T PARAGkAr 10,

"Have You been taking chocolates
out of my box?' Il don't know; I
couldn't see, because kept my eyes
shut."-Fliengende Blaetter.
Fond Parent-''No-she won't
work! She never would work.! She
never will work!!! There's only one
thing-she'n ave to go out to serv-
ice!"-Punch.
Maud-"And would you believe it!
he actually threw himself at my
feet?" Ethel-"He must worship
you right down to the ground."-
Harvard Lampoon.
Bill Kickhard-"Wot's the matter
with the referee? Has he lorst is
'ead?" Jem Crushem-"Oh, no! Only
an ear, few teeth and some hair
Glasgow Evening Times.
Doctor-''Countess, I should be
glad if you would let me hear you
cough" Countess-"I don't feel dis
posed to do so just now. (To her
maid.) Eliza, please cough like did
this morning.''-Motto per Ridere.
'Ah, yes," replied the moralist,
fortune is a tickle jade" "That's
so," replied the plodder, ''but the
deuce of it is Miss Fortune isn't. She
sticks to me with fidelity worthy of
better cause" e."-Philadelphia Press.
At dinner table the other evening
Miss Northside was observed laugh
ing quietly to herself. "What's the
joker" asked her brother, who had
detected nothing laughable. 81 am
telling myself funny story" was
the girls reply.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle.
On Better Authority.-"You are
looking handsome tonight, Miss
Flite," Bagster remarked in the
pauses of the dance. $50 Mr.. Smythc
told me few minutes ago." Bagster
(only remembering that Smythe is
his hated rivaD- swell, you wouldn't
believe anything that chump said,
would you?''-Philadelphia Times.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
H0uae G0Wna

All the newest designs in costumes
intended for ordinary wear during
the earlier part of the day are sim
pie in character, and can be easily
made at home by anyone who has
the time to spare, and without very
much expense. for, on account of the
lateness of the season, dress mate
rials can be purchased just now for
considerably less than their original
value. Loose-ftting blouses and
coats are still very popular, and So
long as that particular style con-
tinues fashionable it will not be diff
ficult for ladies to make up their
own dresses, and this means a great
saving of ney.-Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
AMERICAN FLAX GROWERS.
Great Opportunities for Markets In
vite Them to Ship to
EurODe.

There never was a more oppor-
tune time to introduce American flax
into Europe than the present." says
Consul William X. Herzog, at Zittau,
in a report to the state department,
says the Washington Star.
Although the annual flax markets
at Breslau, Germany, and at Traut-
enau, Bohemia, were largely attend
ed, and there was great interest
manifested by both fax dealers AMI
manufacturers, there was very little
business transacted on account of the
exorbitant prices of raw fax. Rus
sian raw flax is increasing daily, and
it is evident that the material on
hand in Europe will not cover the de-
mand for consumption.
1t is probable that the harvest of
Russia for this season will be 40
per cent. less than last year, when
the crop fell short of being an aver
age one. The worst feature about
Russian fax of this season is that
it is not only wanting in quantity,
but also in quality. Flax spinners
usually produce from 100 pounds of
Russian fax As to IS per cent. of
good fiber, but this season the yield
will only be 26 to 20 per cent. Com.
pairing with previous years, the price
of the raw material has increased
threefold.
The Russian flax has no effective
competitorinE Europe, and as nearly all
Europe is dependent upon the pro-
duction of the Russian fax, there
will be a small percentage of their
consumption.
The spinners of Germany, Belgium,
Austria and France have made an
agreement, to meet the very difficult
situation of the flax market and to
bring the prices of yarn into con-
sonance with the high-priced raw
material, that at the first of the
present year only IS per cent. cf
their spindles shall be operated. 1t
is known that many spinners arc
only operating one-third and others
only one-fourth of their spindlcs.
Austrian flax spinners have united
one of the largest Bohemian mills
with $4,000 spindles, with agreement
that the machines are to be sold and
the mill never to be operated again.
The consul adds that this situa-
tion of affairs arises solely for the
want of raw fax, and it is the hope OF
European spinners that American
growers will take the benefit of this
opportunity by introducing flax into
Europe. It is certain American flaS
can easily compete with the Russian,
product, according to a German f1aS
EXPERT
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
CANNOT SIGN IT.
Ch1na Notifies Russia to That Eject
in Regard to Manchurian
Convention

Picking, April A. The Chinese gov
ernment has formally notified Russia
that China, owing to the attitude of
the powers, is not able to sign the
Manchurian convention. ut is China's
desire,' says the formal notification,
''to keep on friendly terms with all
nations. At present she is going
through period which is the most
perilous in the empires history, and
it is necessary that she should have
the friendship of all. However much
she might be willing to grant any
special privilege to one power, when
others object, it is impossible that,
for the sake of making one nation
friendly, she should ALLEVIATE the sym
pathies of all others
Ii Hung Chang says this letter set
ties the matter definitely. and that
Russia was informally notified to the
same effect March 80.
Prince Ching asserts that every
Chinaman except Ii Hung Chang was
against signing the convention.
Washington, April "A cablegram
has been received at the state depart
ment from United States Minister Al
len, at Seoul, stating briefly that the
McLeavy Brown difficulty has been
satisfactorily adjusted. Brown was an
Englishman charged with the manage
ment of the Corean customs depart
ment, and it was reported that he had
been removed under Russian influence.
Although Mr.. Allen does not state di-
rectly the basis of settlement, it is
known that his sympathies were
strongly with Brown, so it is believed
that the official must have been rein
stated.
The immediate result of this settle
ment is to remove what promises to be
an ugly issue between the United
States and Russia, for the American
minister's report shows clearly that
Browns removal would have seriously
injured American commercial inter
ests in Corea,
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT.
Prof. Brewer, of Yale, Finds That 1t
Was Discovered One Year
Later Than Recorded

Prof. William H. Brewer, of the Ya:e
Scientific school, in a lecture in New
Haven recently on ''The Antarctic
Continent" not only gave the credit
to a New Haven man for being the
first person to discover the Antarctic
continent, but also, as result Of
recent Investigations, said that he
found that the date of the discovery
was wrong by a year. Prof. Brewer
said:
'This is the seventh and last con-
tinent of the world, which for sew,
eral hundred miles extends parallel
to the Antarctic circle, offering all
effectual barrier to further naviga-
ton south, a New Havener had tho
honor of discovering. He was Lieut..
Ed, of the United States navy. The
memorial tablet to Lieut.. Ed, which
now stands in the Grove street GEM
etery, reads that he was born in
New Haven in 1914, and died OF yellow
fever on board the U. S. S. Ohio in
1880. He was a member of the ex:
ploring expedition sent-into the ant
arctic regions by the United States
government in 1s38-42 under COM
mand of Capt. Wilkes.
"At ten a. m. on January 16, 1S39,"
so reads the tablet, 'sLieut ED cried
out Land Turning to Lieut.. Rey-
nolds, who stood by, he pointed out
the range Of icebound cliffs along
which the expedition afterward
slirted for several hundred miles be-
fore itrwas compelled to turn back
homeward.s The peak which Ed first
discovered was named ED peak. The
Antarctic continent, which has never
been penetrated, goes by the name
of Wilkes land" y. sE $3.50
- The date of the tablet, which reads
January Is, 1889, was first .discov-
cred to be erroneous by Prof. Brew
er, while he was preparing this lee
ture. In looking through the ships
log Of the expedition, Prof. Brewer
found in the mass Of details the true
date to be January Is, 1910, thus SET
ting the date of the discovery Of
this continent one year later than il
is recorded.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
GRAVE SITUATION EXISTS.
Strained Relations Between United
States and Venexuela-Our
Minister Recalled.

Washington, April IA grave
crisis in the relations between the
United States and Venzuela was pre-
cipitated Saturday when Secretary
Hay cabled Frank B. Loomis, United
States minister at Caracas, to return
to this country by the first steamer.
Admission is made at the state de-
partment that there is a wide diplo-
matte breach between the two re-
publics; that this government is dis
satisfied with the conduct of the Ven
ezuelan authorities in general, and
President Castro in particular, and
that there will have to be explana-
tions and amends before formal rela-
tions can be resumed.
An intimation was given out that
unless President Castro and his ad-
visers recede from the attitude which
they have assumed toward the Unit
ed States that this country may be
driven to the necessity of taking
drastic steps to protect it's dignity.
However, nothing will be done until
after Minister Loomis reaches Wash
ington and makes a full statement
of all the circumstances attending
not only the persecution Of himself
by the newspapers of Venezuela, but
the arrest of Ignacio H. Baiz, Dan
ish subject who represents the Unit
ed States government as consular
agent at Barcelona. Baiz was ar
rested, according to reports to the
state department, for refusing to
make loan to the Venezuelan au-
thorities and put in Jail until the
money was paid. Minister Loomis
was instructed to enter stiff pro-
test against this conduct on the part
of the authorities, but in view of the
fact that he has not communicat ted
President Castro's answer to Wash
ington it is believed that the Vene-
zuelan government has paid no atten-
ton to the protest.
Port of Spain, April 3.-President
Castro is personally hostile to Mr..
LOOMS because the latter has protest
ed strongly against the nonpayment
of large sums due to Americans after
the president had solemnly promised
to pay the Americans before any other
foreign claims. But Mr.. Loomis dis
covered that the president was secret
ly paying German claims, thus violat-
ing his promise and evading the terms
of the agreement which called for the
payment of the American claims.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
MINERS ARE OUT.
General Suspension of Work Caused
by Failure to Agree ON Wage
Scale in Indiana,

Terre Haute, Ind, April 3.--A gen.
eral suspension of work took place
Tuesday in the coal fields of Indiana
and several thousand men are idle as
the result of the operators and miners
in convention here failing to agree on
the wage scale for the year. Mass
meetings were held Saturday in many
localities and 1T was almost the unani-
nous sentiment that firm stand
should be taken against the operators
demands, that the powder be pur-
chased of them. The miners will stand
by their original demand to buy pow
der in the open market.
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10

TOWN TALK.

b Mlwaukee's birth rate exceeds by
four to the 1000 that of any other
American city, it being 1928 to the
1000. \ .s. .#s = 5.. B s.. ID
The first great fire. in ansAmerican
city occurred in Boston, August 8,
1879. One hundred and fifty build
ings were destroyed, causing q loss
Of over $4,000. 900. s 5.5
The only Chicago paper that has .
Sunday afternoon edition is the Daily
Jewish Courier, which is printed il
Yiddish. tt is an enterprising publ.
cation. with type.setting machines. n
Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10
WILL KEEP THEM IN TOUCH.
Circular Letter Designed to Reunite
Numerous and Widely Scat
tered Family.

A novel idea has been originated by
the widely scattered Riggs family in
order that its members may keep in
touch with each other. This partic-
ular branch of the family originated
at Portsmouth, O., &c years ago, when
Joseph Riggs and his newly married
wife settled there. Their ten children
grew to manhood and womanhood
and the rapidly increasing circle of
cousins made anything more than
sporadic correspondence impossible.
The Riggs family letter was devised
to meet this demand and every 60 days
| bulky envelope arrives at Ports
mouth, o., where a single representa-
tive of the family still lives.
The Riggs family has left it's mark
upon Ohio and has the proud distinc-
tion of being without single black
sheep. The family had reunion in
Portsmouth about ten years ago, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Long be-
fore that time they had adopted the
| scheme Of family letter. for keep
| ing in touch with each other. The cir
cult of this letter originally included
the first, second and third generations
of the descendants of Joseph Riggs,
and as younger ones grow up or are
married they are taken into the cir
cult.
| When the first letter was written
the one writing it simply indited the
news of his own household and what
ever might be of interest to the rela-
tives at large and sent it to the rela-
tive living in the town nearest to him.
This person read the letter, then
wrote one himself (or herself), placed
it in the envelope with the other and
| sent it to the next one on the circuit,
who repeated the operation, and so it
went, each one adding a letter ad-
dressed to the family in general till
it got around to the one who started
it. By this time it was a pretty big
package.
The original sender then takes out
his own old letter and puts in new
one. The circuit is a long one, includ-
ing Boston, New York, pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Flori-
da, California and scores of other
places and states-so many that it
takes just two months for the letter
to complete the circuit. For several
years the circuit included Rome, Italy.