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Crystal, scowling up and down the
street. why didn't you keep near
the docks. Five shillings hires me a
room md clean turn-up bedstead
just out Of the Commercial Road"
Captain Pope pulled the bell Of the
house. The door was opened after a
considerable passage Of waiting-dur-
ing which Pope continued to curse the
sea as the most poverty-stricken Of
callings-by a dirty little servant who
seemed a compound of flue and black
lead. The Captain pushed in.
They refreshed themselves in q
dingy little bedroom, adjoining the par
lor. There was handsome sea-chest
here, and sparkling long telescope.
"That's what it's come to-" said
Pope, pointing to these things. II,
Captain Pope, and as good and careful
a mariner as any as sails out of the
ports of this kingdom, cannot get
ship"
There are scores of u.s." said Crys-
tai, drying his face. my money sinks
to my dirty little lodging sick with
cursing the times have fallen on"
"And disappointment and poverty
don't raise hell and the pirate in your
heart, hey?" cried Pope, staring with
wild stormy look into the other's dark
face.
How do you know that it Gon't?"
answered Crystal, picking up hair
brush.
. "I'd rob a church. I have no hon.
esty left. I mean to set up as a vii
lain, and you shall help me make a
fortune for us both, Crystal"
You're not thinking of the high
way are ye, Pope?"
"Ay. the highway that reflects the
canvas of rich keels. But step into
the next room" He pulled out gold
watch. ''Ill tell you what's in my
mind, and we can debate it over a
pipe after we've supped."
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The Two Captains
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.
.F.Cou ypoddMs
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.

coast, and he and his father-in-law
and Mrs. Jackman went ashore. When
Jackman returned to his ship, the men
seized him, swearing they were not
going to be hanged for pirates, ana
they locked this Jackman up in his
cabin, and carried the brig to the
Thames and handed her over Jack
man sprang through the cabin window
and was drowned. He did well. He
was ruined man and a felon."
"The biggest fool" said Captain
Crystal, that ever took charge OF
men. Only think Of shipping a crew
on representations of honesty, to tell
them, before they were out of sight
of Execution Dock, that the briggs
colors were the black flag.
II have a mind to view this brig"
said Pope. I'VE require a permit from
the owner, and that is one reason why
l am calling on him. Come with me
and view the brig, Crystal.
Right" said the square-shaped sea
man; "and If you have the cash for
the purchase Of her slowed away in
some old stocking in an inshore chin
ney, I'm your man as first mate"
They entered the shop of a nautical
instrument maker. Mr.. Staunton, the
owner Of the brig, dwelt over this
shop.
This is your notice, suppose?"
said Captain Pope, pulling out the
paper, and putting his hand upon the
advertisement. What's your price?"
mot a penny less than six hundred
pounds" replied the money-lender
Have you seen herr"
NO" answered Pope. with a
gloomy grin, we're here to ask for
leave to look at her."
Mr.. Staunton quickly and eagerly
began to write, talking meanwhile.
His writing was soon ended. Show
this. gentlemen" said he. ito my ship
keeper. and hope you'll lose no time
in taking the vessel off my han s."
We'll view her." said Pope, pock-
citing the permit.
The two sailors went toward London
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looking man of about fort.--five years
Of age. He showed cutlass scar over
his nose, and 1t fixed the expression of
a surly frown upon his face. He was
very broad, as powerfully built as
Pope. dressed in sailors worn clothes;
but as in Pope. so in this man, there
was wickedness in his looks.
Captain Pope closed his knife and
fork and watched the other for some
minutes in silence. Then he got up and
looked over into the box on either
hand, then sat a little closer opposite
Crystal, and said, This is the adver-
tisement l was telling you about" He
read in a low voice as follows:
Brig Gypsy-This beautiful and
admirable clipper ship having been
condemned by the. Admiralty. has been
purchased by a private gentleman, who
has laid out a considerable sum OF
money in completing her equipment
She is now for sale, and may be had
at very great bargain. Parties dis
posed to purchase her will apply to
Mr.. Staunton in the Minories."
TITS the strangest matter that ever
heard Of" said Captain Pope. speak
ing with cautious face. "A man haG
a father who left him brig and n
trife in cash. Jackman was his name.
He got command. but 1t was plain the
sea didn't satisfy him. He came
ashore with bag Of fifteen hundred
pounds. and pretended. to have been
knocked down and robbed. There is
no doubt he stole tho money. The
owners did not seem able to prove
anything. and the next traverse this
man Jackman set out to work was
the painting and equipping of his brig,
and the preparing her for sea as "a
what dyer say?"
II heard 1t. Piracy!" said Captain
Crystal.
"He got men under the pretense that
he was bound out on some liberal
undertnking-it was story OF treas
ure, fancy-and went away down
Channel. His game was suspected and
ne was followed out Of one OF the
reaches by a government cutter. They
exchanged shots. and the pirate
brought the cutters mast down. Jack.
man In the Channel brings his men
aft and tells them the truth. He is
going for a pirate, he says. The men
heard him. In time they came abreast
of some caves which Jackman had
purchased down on the extreme west
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Horses Of Famous Men.

1t is strange that no one seems to
know anything about the various
horses that George Washington rode,
and that the names of them all seem
to have gone down into oblivion.
Every one knows about Marengo, the
white stallion Napoleon rode at
Waterloo, and whose remains are now
in the United Services Museum at
London. The Duke of Wellington
was astride of Copenhagen during the
battle and the horse lived to be
twenty-seven. Richard III. owned
White Surrey, and it was for him that
he wanted to trade kingdom. Will
liam Ills favorite horse was named
Sorrel, and was blind in one eye, as
was Savoy, the favorite horse of
Charles VIII, of France.-Springfie
Republican.
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CHAPTER I.
Pope and CRYSTAL.

VO.'C anu S'yetd's
It was one Tuesday in the city Of
London, in the early part of the last
century, and the large dining room of
the Mitre tavern was full of hungry
men sitting in boxes and giving hoarse
notes to their wants. The beet-pot
loaned at their elbows as they ate
with will. They bore the true aspect
OF the children of the deep; you would
have known them when they hove in
sight mile off by their clothes and
cut.
Jenkins.n went about nodding to
this man and to that, calling deep
pitched answers in response to friend
~ greetings. He stopped at box at
whose table sat one figure only. This
was captain In the merchant service
named Pope, r fine. tall man of very
noble build. He had merry eye with
something careless and cruel in it's
glance and light an Irish eye blue and
arch. But to-day the face that over
hung his plate. chewing steadily, with
Jenkinson stpring at him, was a long
one.
well, Captain" said Jenkinson,
"have you got ship yet?"
Don't talk Of it," cried Captain
Pope with passion. '"The pavements
are full Of helpless idlers. They wander
starving and forlorn."
Jenkinson smiled sarcastically.
Don't tell me-" he said. There are
always plenty of ships, and where
there are ships there is demand ana
room for good men,"
The other shrugged his shoulders
and bit his food with anger
Just then a middle-sized man came
to the entrance Of the box. and Jenkln-
son stood up.
How dye do. Captain Crystal?
What are your commands?" Crystal
named his joint. and seated himself
opposite Captain Pope. and Jenkinson
went Away.
This Crystal was q very rugged
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HAD TO HAVE THE HAT.
Strikers Wife Put Up Effective Plea
for Finery.

for Finery.
A woman went into a little millin-
cry shop in One hundredth street.
near Amsterdam avenue, the other
day and asked to see a hat. A chiffon
creation. of which the price was So
was shown her, and she expressed a
keen desire for it. May | have it
now she asked, "if I'll leave fifty
cents on deposit, and bring in the
rest later?" That's very unusual"
replied the milliner. when could
you pay the balance?' That's just
the point" said the woman. 81 don't
know. My husband is plasterer He
makes $5.25 day while he is work
ing. But he has been on strike for
four weeks, and we have nothing" :"
But how do you live in the mean
time?" she was asked. "Hock every
thing We have, like the rest of the
strikers" replied the woman. Every
thing we own is in pawn. but I must
have that hat" She got it.-New
York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
Art Eorueries,

The Anglo-Saxon is the natural prey
of the art forgery-monger, and the
modern antiques which are manufac-
tured for him constitute the livelihood
of the whole countrysides on the
Arno, and the Tiber. on the Nile, and
on the Jordan. Innocent peasant
looking people dig up these antiques
before the eyes of the unsuspecting
ripper, And when the fool goes of
with his folly, the simple, guileless
peasant quietly buries another ex-
ample of the same object in the same
hole for the benefit of the next tour
list who may come along.-Magazins
of Art
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THE FEAR OF LAUGHTER.
In Our Day the Joke Is Fast Becoming
Mightier Than the Pen.

Mishtier Than the Pen.
Men who fear nothing else shrink
from a joke upon themselves. Sol
diers who do not finch before oppos.
ing guns dread to be made ridiculous.
Woe to the national hero
who makes one trifling mistake which
may subject him to clever caricature.
His meritorious career is henceforth
shadowed by one colored illustration.
A comic paper will tip the scales OF
justice, snatch the victor's prize from
his extended palm and rob the orator
of his choicest laurels. A brilliant
satire will mar the fortunes of the
greatest statesman; a laugh will turn
the tide of a political convention. In.
deed, the joke is fast becoming might.
Ter than the pen. The orator has learn.
resorts to 1t when he desires to stir
the tagging interest in his flock. 1t
furnishes sufficient excuse for the i'm
pertinence of children, and In Its name
the daily papers deride the highest
national dignitaries. What is the
meaning of its steady growth in power
and what results may we predict from
its humorous tyranny? Is there a
chance that our keen relish for fun
may finally produce a kind of humor.
Gus dyspepsia resulting from over.
Indulgence. unless with epicurean dis.
elimination we demand quality, not
quantity. and stubbornly refuse to
swallow other than that which should
appease a wholesome. nay, cultivated
appetite In Jokes ?-Atlantic.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
Reaaar,s Successful Plea.

The best known OF the penny beg.
gars is loose in Broadway again after
long absence. He is gray-bearded
old man who glides up to you il The
street and says in wheezy voice:
Boss, will you give me penny? |
want to get cup of coffee. l have
four" AS an evidence of truthful.
ness he holds out four pennies in his
dirty palm. His modest request IL
usually complied with unless he Is
known. He has been doing the pen
ny-begging stunt for several years
now and seems to be satisfied with
the results New York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
CHAPTER II.
The camperdown Public House.

The CamperdoWn Public House.
"Well, now, what's your scheme?"
said Crystal. when they had entered.
"I'll be beforehand with thee thus far;
it's piracy OR you shall choke me-"
Captain Pope's eyes cleaned. PR
acy it is; the most gallant of trades.
II had my way I would not choose
a brig. She should be the swiftest
schooner that ever sailed out of an
American port, coppered to the bends,
with buttons of trucks melting to the
stars"
He laughed, rubbing his hands in a
glowing way.
Crystal said, High enough. But you
are broken man. How, unless you
run away with her, are you to come at
brig or a schooner. swift or slow?"
"If you want to go upstairs" ex-
claimed Pope, you take one step
at time. Some take two, and those
are the fools. How much money have
you got, Crystal?"
so help me as sit," cried the
square, rugged seaman, half starting
out of his chair, with his eyes all in a
heat at once. 81 cannot muster four
guineas in this accursed world of toll
land want"
He tore few coins out Of his pocket
and dashed them in a small handful
upon the table. Pope, folding his arms,
leaned back on the sofa and eyed the
morey with mingled sorrow and dis
dain; then after pause he exclaimed: :
Put that coin up, Crystal, and cease
to fret. | can muster eighty pounds
and a gold watch, and trifles"-here
he heayed a deep sigh-"which might
be worth thirty pounds more to me.
With this capital I mean to go to
work"
(To be continued)
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Happiness for Old Maids.

Honey. when's you gwine ter git
married." The engagement had not
been announced, so the young woman
replied: why. l don't know, auntie:
| am not even engaged. What do you
think of that?" The old coored WON.
an said 'Laws-a-me! but that suttin.
ly am a pity. But. Miss Nancy. they
do say that ole maids is the happiest
critters there is, once they quits strug.
glin'.--Harper Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
old.vime Business Methods.

Church White. of Atchison. regrets
that the merchants OF the present day
do not do business as they did at
Hainesville. Mo-, where he was rear
ed. The custom there was to settle
with the store once L year( on the
1st of January. Once Whites father
went into McCrory's store to settle.
whats my bill?" he asked of Nc.
Crory. We'll, George" said McCro.
ry, pay what you think is right; I
amt kept no account"
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
Reason for .Left.Handedness

A scientist has recently published
a brochure on the subject of right
and left handedness. The explanation
for the phenomena In any person Is
traced to the pressure Of tine blood
In the two halves of his brain. He
concludes that for rlght-handed sub.
jecss there is an excess Of pressure
In the left half of the brain. accom-.
pa aled by an excess Of excitability
AID of vitality In all those parts Of
the body dependent on the left brain.
For left-handed people the reverse IL
true.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES CURED
Peru ma Creating National Sensation in the Cure
of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys.

Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys simply
because it cures catarrh wherever located.
II you do not derive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving Q
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of Ths
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, o.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
Reed as a Joker.

When William A. PETER was senator
from Kansas he met Gear" Reed one
day and In the course OF conversation
complained of having headache. ~
don't understand It," said the senator.
81 guess l will have TO see DOCTOR"
"A doctor for trouble with your head 2"
returned Mr.. Reed. mo. no! You'd
better see a wheelwright."-Bos
Post.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-30
In the Clrcua.

Jumbo-"What m absurd retort
Miss Hippo gave Mr.. Monkey"
Camel--"What was TT"
Jumbo-"After he had talked awhile
she said he had too much mouth"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-07
.SMOT HER[D TODEATH
Tine Sad Fate of a Fourteen
Year Old Boy.
Cyrus Johnson, Of Swift Creek, Son Of Mrs. J
M. Pipkir, Dies in Pile Of Seed
Cotton.

A horrible death came on Sunday morn
ing to fourteen year old lad in Swift
Creek township, eleven miles from Raj
eigh
The boy is Cyrus Johnson and his finol
moments of extreme agony were spent
shut out from the air, his head buried in
pile of seed cotton
He is the step-son of Mr.. j. M. Pipklns,
who resides on Rural Free Delivery Route
No. 4, in Swift Creek Sunday morning
Cyrus and his half brother, twelve years
of age, were playing in the barn in which
there was big pile of seed cotton.
-he boys were digging holes in the cot
ton, but the younger boy was called
away. About three quarters of an hour
later he passed the barn and called for
his brother. There was no response and
he went in after him.
He found his brothers feet sticking
from the seed cotton and catching hold
he pulled him out. The boy was dead,
and his death had been a horrible one.
coming from suffocation while he was
caught in the seed cotton.
Investigation showed that he had fallen
head first into a funnel shaped hole about
four or five feet, which he had made in the
cotton, his arms having been caught be
could get no purchase by which to re-
lease himself and his struggles were such
as to carry him deeper into the sceed
cotton, which closed in about him. and
smothered him in its death clasp.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-07
soHN s. WILLIAMS SPEAKS.
Declares That With q Return to Normal Mar
kets All will be hight.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Oct. 5.-John SHELTON Will
Hams, who came to this city today, said
that she came here for the purpose of
transacting routine business of his rail
read. Continuing, he said:
"Apropos of the position of the hidden
dorf and Williams firms, l will say that
everything is progressing in satisfactory
manner. The firms have security of great
value which are far in excess of their
liabilities. They did not think it, was
fitting and proper to attempt to nego-
tate a sale of any of those securities
in such an abnormally depressed stock
market as they have witnessed during the
last three months. To have done so they
would only have sacrificed values without
any resulting good. With the return of
abnormal securities market and with con-
fidence of the public restored everything
will be all right"
Mr.. Williams also said that as long as
his interests in Seaboard were as large
as they were at present, he would con-
tnue to be president of the railroad.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-07
John Bull Looks at It With
Yawing Mouth.
GENERAL ELECTION SOON
UGH is The Idea That Fixes Itself in the Brain
of the Brlon as He Walls His
Eyes at The New
Ministry
(By the Associated Press.)

London, bet. 5.-The three weeks CALI
net crisis has ended in a manner more re-
markable and dramatic than that of its
inception. Mr.. Balfour's new ministry
affords a measure of the enormous diff
Guilty he has had to contend with in the
task of reconstruction, and its compost
ton seems to indicate that the Premier
himself can have little belize of its dura-
bility. The most sangune supporters Of
the government tonight express the small
est hopes of such an administration living
many months and the prevalent idea is
that there will be a general election be-
fore Parliament reassembles.
The withdrawal OF the Duke of Devon
shire is heavy blow. Had he remained
the government might possibly have sur
vived another PARLIAMENTARY session by
avoiding legislation dealing with the fiscal
problem. but with him goes the support
of the strong party of liberal unionists III
the country Though it is generally adj
mitted that it is difficult to understand
why the duke did not resign when Mr..
Richie and the Others seceeded, it is re-
called that he publicly announced long ago
that he considered it his duty to hold
office as long as possible in the interest
of free trade.
One consequence of the Duke of Devon
shires retirement is extremely unfortun-
ate for the government 1t will bring 1he
leadership of the House of Lords to the
unpopular Lord Lansdowne. No successor
has yet been appointed to the Duke of
Devonshire and several minor government
offices still remain vacant. OF the new
appointments announced tonight the most
surprising is that of the Hon. Alfred
Lyttleton as secretary for the Colonies.
Mr. Lyttleton is man of acknowledged
ability and good speaker, but he has
had no ministerial experience whatever.
The new Cabinet is composed as follows:
Mr.. Brodrick, formerly Secretary for
War, succeeds Lord George Hamilton, az
as Secretary for India,
Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster Gen.
eral, succeededs Mr.. Richie, as Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
Alfred Lyttleton, Recorder of Oxford.
succeeds Joseph Chamberlain, as Secre-
tary for the Colonies.
H. O. Arnold Forester. Secretary to
the Admiralty, succel Us Mr. Brodrick as
Secretary for War.
Graham Murray, "Eord Advocate of
Scotland, succeeds Lord Balfour, of
Burleigh as Secretary for Scotland.
Lord Stanley, Financial Secretary of the
War Office, succeeds Austen Chamberlain
as Postmaster General.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-07
Her Fathers Spur.

Miss Gallatin who will appear at the
Academy on next Monday night, October
18th in Ibsen's masterpiece, Ghosts" has
among her many curiosities and heir
looms one which she values beyond price
1t is a cavalry spur worn by her father
General Alberts Gallatin Jenkins during
the civil war, and was removed from
his boot after he had been shot from
his horse at the battle of Gettysburg.
Miss Gallatin while appearing in
Charleston, w. Va. in 1901 was visited
at her hotel by Mr.. Carr whose father,
Captain Carr, was on General Jenkins
removed from the Generals foot after he
had fallen to the gound. The spur had
been in the Carr family for over thirty
years and was given up with a great deal
of reluctance. Miss Gallatin has had the
spur made into a hair ornament and wears
1T with her rich dark hair coiled about
it, at the many social functions give in
her honor while on tour.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-07
PLEDGED TO SUPPORT THEM.
Action of the Greater New York Democracy as
to Mcclellan, Grout and Fornes.
(By the Associated Press. }

New York. Oct 5.-The only decisive
move today in the political campaign was
taken by the convention of the Greater
New York Democracy led by John G.
Sheehan, which tonight unanimously
adopted resolutions denouncing the course
of the Citizens Union and Republican Con-
ventions declaring that the organization
now stood on purely party basis anil
pledging its support to the Democratic
ticket, headed by Mcclellan, Grout and
Fornes.
The Citizens Union met and adjourned
until tomorrow without coming to any
decision regarding the fusion candidates
for comptroller and aldermanic president.
1t is now definitely settled that whatever
action the fusionists may take Grout and
Fornes will remain on the Tammany
ticket Mr.. Grout resolutely refuses to
be ousted from the fusion ticket and de-
clares his determination to defend his
position in the courts. In response to 4
statement issued by Mayor Low this morn
ing, declaring that he had no recollec-
ton of a second conversation with Mr..
Grout the latter replied caustically to the
effect that the mayors failure to remem-
Der could not be considered direct denial.
Mr. Fornes broke silence tonight by
issuing a statement that he. like Mr..
Grout, had consulted with the mayor rela-
tive to his acceptance of a Democratic
nomination, to which, he says, the mayor
appeared to perceive no objection. The
adherents of William S. Devery held a
convention tonight and formally nominated
him for mayor