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craft, and with the aid of his spy
glass made out the name Lamorna.
Consulting his shipping records, he
discovered that she was outward
bound and long overdue. But that
hardly accounted for her queer ac-
tions.
When within a few hundred yards
Of the ship (the captain considered 1t
dangerous to get very near) he set
signals, but received no response. For
several hours the weird bark remain
ed within sight, but neither siren or
rocket provoked response.
The captain swept the decks Of the
craft, but did not see living soul. 1t
was apparently a ship without a crew,
running at her own free will. The
Artemis followed it in it's wild course
as long as possible, but suddenly the
hulk turned and made straight for the
open sea. 1t sailed a straight course
as though bound on some important
mission, and so proceeded until lost
to view below the horizon line.
What had become Of the crew?
Were there in reality some of them
left on board, gone mad under the
strain, guiding the ship they knew not
where? No one will ever know. Ger
tain it is that not a man Of them was
ever heard from, nor has the ship it.
self ever been sighted again.
On an average, according to reports
from Lloyds, some sixty ships, with
their crews, are so bloCted from sight
every year. In the year 1899 alone,
seventy-nine ships and twenty-four
steamers disappeared, and their fate is
today unknown. A conservative esti-
mate would place the number Of peo-
pie so lost during the last fifty years
at over 10000. The size or the stanch-
ness Of the ship seem 10 make no diff
ference; big modern steamships have
disappeared as easily as the number
less little sailing craft.
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that you leave Colonel Burr to take his
chances from the bullets Of the enemy,
and that you do not again run the risk
of compromising me by a like act Of
damnable villainy"
Your language is strong, colonel;
but, as my little scheme proved a fail
ure, l deserve to hear 1t so character
lied. AS for the future, rest easy. l
do not expect to be favored with such
another opportunity; and, If am, your
strong repugnance will be sufficient to
prevent me from using 1t. There can
be no harm in adding, however, that
in my judgment you are wrong, and
! would rather have lost finger than to
have made the promise you have now
drawn from me-"
and then said,-
II should like to know, Billings, what
cause you have to hate Colonel Burr
so cordially%
mot a particle" was the easy and
unembarrassed reply. Colonel Burr Is
L
as would wolf or any other danger
Gus animal. 1 never heard of him un-
til after the assault on Quebec. You
pointed him out to me as a formidable
antagonist. Until then, had no inter-
est in the man. After that, l studied
his character, traced out his history and
that of his family; marked his conduct,
and weighed his ability. I found that
Won had not over-estimated him, and
made up my mind to destroy him at
any cost. On the occasion Of his rup-
ture with the in-chief,
hoped that he would become disgusted,
and abandon the army. If he had done
so, 1 would have dismissed him from
my mind, or at least ceased to remem-
Der him as an enemy. He preferred
to adopt another course, which left me
no alternative but to consider him still
as an obstruction in my pathway, or in
yours, which is the same. Again,
hoped that in the distribution of field
commissions he would be overlooked;
that also failed. Then l found the
hand of a desperate mutineer armed
against his life, and added a few argu-
ments to strengthen his purpose. Here,
too / encountered disappointment.
And now, you, who are the last man In
the world who ought to interfere for
his prote ction have tied me by a prom
ise not to repeat the attempt. If was
such an idiot as to believe In any des-
tiny except that which is shaped out by
a firm will and unbending purpose, 1
should be inclined to give up the strug-
gle in despair"
There Is no necessity for giving up
the struggle, and no necessity for per-
sonal violence either. Events that cam
not be safely hurried, must be waited
on; and there never was a case to
which this truism more forcibly ap-
Piled"
Such, know, has been your policy
from the beginning. Mine was sharp
and sudden. 1t failed. as mems schemes
are apt to fail who trust to third per-
sons for their execution. 1t Is but fair
that yours should have full trial; and
repeat that will not again interfere
without your knowledge and consent.
But come, my throat is dry, and I feel
strangely depressed tonight. Let us
try what effect this good wine will
have upon the spirits. We can talk of
business another time"
For an hour the wine circulated free
ly, and when Hamilton rose to depart,
not a trace of anxiety was visible on
the countenance of either.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Then they both laughed.

VIRTUES OF sold" SIGN.-"Get this
parlor suit out at once. john" said
the manager.
"Oh, let's just put a Sold tag on II
till tomorrow" grumbled Salesman
John. "The men are fearfully busy
John" said the manager, you know
very little about human nature If you're
willing to leave a suit Of furniture
marked Sold in sight of the public.
If we left the suit here everybody that
came in would be attracted by the
Sold sign on it AMI would want TO
buy it or it's duplicate. The suit can't
be duplicated as you know, and so
the people would be dissatisfied. This
suit, because they couldn't have II,
would seem to them the only desirable
one in our stock. They would take no
other. We should probably lose half
a dozen sales.
why, John. there are some dishon-
est dealers who put Sold signs on
goods that are a drag, so as to dispose
of those goods quickly, and 1t Is a tact
not creditable to human nature that
fake Solids will move a slow STOCK
more quickly even than fake reduc-
| tions"
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WHERE LINCOLN PUT THE WHET-
sToNE-It Is related that at one time
President Lincoln was conversing with
an aristocratic American lady about
the United States, when she remark
ed: 81 love my country, of course, but
am much grieved that there are so
many common people in It," He re-
piled: But, madam, think how God
must have loved them; he made so
many Of them"
A soldier at whose house when a
boy Lincoln paused in his tramps In
Illinois, and who loaned him whet-
stone to sharpen his jackknife, met
him during the war, in Washington:
Lincoln remembered the incident and
spoke of the use Of the milestone.
"Y-a-a-s," drawled out the old SOL
der. Whatever did you do with the
milestone? 1 never could find It, We
lowed mebbe you took 1t along with
you" Mono. put it on top of the
gatepost-that high one." "Mebbe
you did: nobobdy else could have
reached it, and none of us ever thought
to look there for It," There 1t was
found where it was placed fifteen years
before. The soldier reported the fact
to the president-Boston Post
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chanical devices now which are superior
to the devices used by nature in human
beings and animals, and | do not see
why we may not put together a con-
trivance which will at least be equal to
the machine and brain of the bird"
SO, if man-hight is such an easy mat
ter as Mr.. Edison makes it out to be,
why have we not been navigating the
air these many years. For one thing,
we have only recently, in our attempts
to fly. left off trying to be original and
endeavored TO copy the bird, the handi-
work of nature. 1t is a significant fact
that only since we have looked TO the
bird for the secret of flight has there
been built a machine with an indisput-
able record of flying ever so small a
distance. Only since we have begun to
initiate the bird have the wise men be-
come convinced that we will yet fy
And some day-some day-ah, who
would not like his name to go rolling
down the ages as the inventor of the
first machine to demonstrate beyond the
shadow of a doubt the complete CON
quest Of the air by man.
Though man, when he flies, will hy
like the birds, it does not necessarily
follow that the flying machine, on ac-
count of its structure, might be taken
for some long surviving antideluvian in
habitant of the air. Indeed, not a few
scientists who have been busy with aero
nautics declare that. once man has dis
covered the principle of flight, his Won
derful ingenuity will enable him to con-
struct a machine that will incorporate
the principle and at the same time have
nothing about it resembling wings in the
slightest degree. Propellors there will
be, and a rudder, doing the work of
wings and tail. But il will be flight
without wings-and we have been
taught from childhood that even the
angels need wings to fly. Other scien-
tis'1, however, believe that there will be
great planes, two or more, mechanically
worked like wings, in conjunction with
propellors and rudder.
Again, in their perfected state, pro-
pellors and rudder will do more than
to give fight Once more man will inn
prove on nature, and the mechanisms of
his ingenuity will drive the good air ma
chine through gales that the strongest
bird could not face, will keep it Sc
renely on its course, while birds,
caught in the swirlng, clashing, battling
currents, will he hurtled miles out Of
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Of us have come TO say. with a regret
ful shake Of the head, 1--WE will
never fly"
Right here, up steps the greatest
wizard of his day, Thomas A. Edison.
to say that man ought to be ashamed
of himself for not having solved the
problem, in all its phases, long ago.
Il was down in Florida, and one day
watched a big bird-I think it was A
vulture-that hoated about in the air a
whole hour without moving its wings
perccptibly When God made that bird
lie gave it machine to fly with, but
He didn't give it much else. He gave the
bird a very small brain with which to
direct the movements of the machine
but He gave TO man a much larger
brain in proportion TO that Of the bird"
All this is paraphrased in the one word
Shame
Here" says Edison of the vulture,
is a natural flying machine which is a
thousand times as heavy as the air it
displaces. There is nothing but a ma
chine and a small brain, and it is not
a very remarkable machine, either" And
then in self-evident disgust; why is it
that man cannot make a flying machine
as efficient as a bird9
~ lot Of people say that it was never
meant that man should fly, that if ma
lure had intended such a thing man
would have been provided with the
necessary machinery in his body such as
is now possessed by the bird. But you
might as we'll say that it was never
intended that man should ever have any
light aside from the sun and the moon
and stars which were originally pro-
vided for him, or that he should not
move about faster with the aid of
wheels because no wheels were supplied
to him by nature"
Through further study of the bird and
its method of flight man will discover
how to fly, says Mr.. Edison, and all
others who have given the subject any
serious thought agree with him fully.
But. Mr.. Edison adds, somewhat para
he who solves the problem of
flight will find out nothing new Pow
erful motors of wonderful compactness
will be applied to a framework of ex-
IRENE lightness, and that will be all there
is TO it
Doubtless this framework will be-
something similar to the physical struc-
ture of bird | do not believe it will
be difficult, because we have many me-
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glided on an inclined plane forward
through the air. recovered itself and
glidcd again Though the public has not
yct seen it in action there are. many
Trustworthy men who have testified to
having beheld the flying machine Of the
Wright brothers, of OHIO, gliding
through the air Ike a bird. Any scion
list who has paid any attention what
ever to acronauticS Will tell you that
Pitchers gliding machine acts in the ain
just ike a bird in flight And there
are others
Like a bird I'm gliding flight have they
travelled overhead for varying distances.
No bag Of gas lifted them in the air
and kept them suspended therein, while
a motor or an engine of some sort fur
nishcd driving power to 4 propeller, as
in the case OF the Santos Dumont and
other airShips Like a bird they have
sailed remained in the air by reason of
their own initiative, the power furnished
by motors or engines causing the me-
to offer the necessary bird-like
resistance TO the air, with the result of
actual flight
But alas, because we do not yet pos
scss the full knowledge of the principle
of flight, as does the meanest of birds
and flying insects, those flying machines
which have justified their name, in part
at least have been wont to play queer
tricks at the most inopportne moments
on their inventors and an anxiously
watching and waiting world And so,
though the greatest ambition of the
world to-day seems 10 be 10 ny. many
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their path, to be brougre|
torn in the friendly o
strange country.
VIII the shell of the,
steel? Certainly of thu.
material equally strong,'
many times heavier tha}
places. III
The shape OF the mac
that of a birds BODY
like structure, with one
the other blunted somew|
taking their cue fro,
have been picturing it
years now.
What will drive it'll
nigh miraculous powered
lighter in weight tha1
able of such power COZ
just as the automobila
is infinitely lighter ths
only a few years agd
mighty engines of the
greyhound are Lighted
lings of fifty odd year
And the motors will
pellers so astonishinglI
will be born of this
motion, offering resist ~
and flight will be sust3
the case of the bird, ani
for a short time with
aerodrome.
How fast will we ~
goose, with a brain MUG
portion than mans, hal
fight, of from two
hundred miles an hour
not journey through
this speed, we who
the universe! A mile
twelve seconds, the Al
a single night, an aftt
fore-dinner trip betwee
Chicago. a run of mini
the metropolis to the
What will give life I
chinery? There is a
opinion, but all are AL
will be very small, its p
a little will go a veryM
haps. say the most dad
flies, will snatch the N
power from space, ant3
veyances there will M
semble the giant fue M
ocean greyhounds.
When man flies
fought in the air; Il
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/ loon or the So-callcd air,hip OF to-day.
Further. We will fy as doe, the pigeon
Il. in fail, flight. raises itself by each
Of its rapid wing beats. IN almost inn
perccptib'c distance, and shoots forward
between each Zap along a plane of very
slight inclination. dowuwards by just the
amount the wing beat raises it, and for
ward, a considerable distance-the re-
suit being rapid flight
Our flight then. will be a gradual
gliding down an inclined plane and
constant recovery by upshoots In some
forms OF flight these two actions occur
almost simultaneously. so will they in
the perfected flying machine. insuring a
delightful sense of safety TO the paSSeu-
ger. nonchalanty defiant Of the law of
gravitation he knowing full well the ma
chin.'s ability constantly and arbitrarily
to correct the position of the center Of
gravity, bird fashion. thus insuring
permanent stability in the air.
The wisc,t of men declare all this,
still, you say, dream-a phantasma
goria Of the BRAIN
Surely not when man has already
flown in or flown machines as the pigeon
flies
Time after time the acrodrome-air
runner-invcnted by the late Prof + p
Langley, Of the Smithsonian Institution
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The Washington times., 1906-06-26
is SPIKE ROBSON
THE REAL GOODS /?
Answer Seems eyes" After Way He
outpcinted Tommy Murphy.
Jabs and Hooks.

PHILADELPHIA. June 2S.-Spike
Robson. the English champion ar I26
pounds, defeated Tommy Murphy in a
slashing six-round bout at the National
Athletic Club last night.
Robson gave the greatest exhibition of
boxing that has been seen in PhiIadeI-
phia in a long time He used a great
variety OF blows. and in addition 20 this
bis foot work was splendid He was in
and out and all over Murphy at almost
every stage of the contest. and was
never once in any great danger Robson
also showed by his work last night that
he has never extended himself before
since he came 10 this city. and that ne
has always had something up his sleeve
IL his previous contests.
II must not be thought, however. that
Murphy was not doing business He
was trying his best al the time, but
Robson was a puzzle at all stages that
he could not solve Murphy depended
awful wild As the bout progressed he
threw caution 20 the winds and got 10
swinging in all directions. Several times
he swung at Robson while the English
man was behind him
Some one had evidently touted Robson
how easy II Was 20 send straight jab
20 Murphy's face. for Spike used a jab
with telling effect. but he varied II with
swings and hooks with both hands and
right and left uppercuts- Spike also
used his head in buttnE till called down
by the referee. and ne also seemed in
absolutely necessary Murphy did some
fouiing Cn his own account, and num-
ber OF times Tommy landed blows that
were lower than the rules allowed
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
OTTO WILLIAtlS GOING
T0 INDIANAPOLIS CLUB

Otto Williams, the Washington utility
intielder. has been promised to the In
dianapolis club. of the American Associa-
tion. and expects TO join that club in a
short while.
This development appeared when Ar
thur Irwin. the manager of Altoona, in
the Tri-State League. showed up in
Washington on Saturday and tried to
get Williams for his club.
Nil viii thus get the preference and
hold his Job with Washington. Mil is
not a great hitter, but is better than
Williams and is about as good fielder
Likewise he has a better head in emer-
gencies.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
MARQUETTE MEETING
SET FOR TONIGHT
Vacancy in League TO Be Filled and
Impression Of Penalties to
Be Discussed.

There viii be an important meeting
tonight OF the Marquette Baseball
League at the residence Of Capt. c. Z.
Edwards. 17IS First street northwest
At this meeting Il VIII be definitely
decided who viii take the place OF the
St Martin team, which has disbanded.
although the Holy Name team IS said
20 be practically assured Of the job
IL will also be decided whether or not
the league viii firmly enforce the pen
alJIeS laid down IN the bylaws One
Of these penalties is s. 20 be paid 70 the
other side when team walks OF the
field and refuses 10 continue play after
being ordered 10 do so by the umpire
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
PRINTING OFFICE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
HOLY NAME SUCCEEDS
ST. MARTIN IN LEAGUE
Sporting Editor The Times:


I was surprised to learn that the
St Martin s team has disbanded. AIyplay-
crs all express reSret at having the last
years champions out of the race. and
/ think that Captain Ragsett was fool
iSh not 10 hold his team together during
Father Hannan's illness have worked
hard for the success Of the NarQuels
League thus far ana have succeeded in
inducing Mr.. Rodgers to have the Holy
Name team out TO play of the regular
schedule OF the ST. Martins games. AR.
Rodgers team IS already uniformed and
Will puC up stiff fight for the pennaut-
The releasing of Pitcher Fav and
Catcher Wahmon VIII no doubt handi-
cap the St Nincent's q little, but both
players VIII be permitted 20 join their
former organization the Holy Name
With Capt. =. = Edwards for presi-
dent and Mr.. DOnderio for secretary L
think the Marquette League viii prosper
and he even stronger than Ii has been
III previous years St Patrick and St
Vincent viii play their regular sched-
uleG game this evening Very respect
fully, JOE TURNER.
Manager Of St Vincent's.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
HlGHLANDERS LOSE
TO THE MEMORIALS

At the northeast grounds Of the MOnU-
mental League. Eighth street and Flor
ida avenue northeast. yesterday, the
HiEhlanders were defeated by the Ne
MORALS by L TO s. Fay pitched a good
game for the Highlande-s and would
have won but for poor helding and base
running behind him
The features were the hone-run drives
OF G. SaIb and Lewis, and the playing
at third Of Smith for the HiEhlandcrs-
In the seventh inning WhamOnd, the
right fielder for the Highla2ders. was
put out OF the game and was then suS-
pended for FIVE days by the manager
The score.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Earned rIus-Ffi iEhls1ders. .; Memorials, 3.
First base By errcrs-H iShlanders, 3, Memo
TfalS p Left bases HiEhlancers. Z; Ne
raorials s First base on balls-On Fay ?,
of Whflott. g: of Lewis. J. Innings pitched
BY Lewis p. by WhilOtt. s 1-3- Hits made
or Lewis >. OF Whilott 10. Struck out
BY Fay. .; by Whilott. s. Home runs-C-
sab Lewis Two-base hit-Smith- Sacrifice
hits-Preist and Lewis. stolen bases-Ian-
gan McKnew, Knockey. Fay, 2; O'Nein.
Preist Double plsys-Preist 10 O'NeiI-
Hit BY pitcher-By Fay. McKnew- Wild
pltches-NhiIott and Lewis Passed balls
NIcKnew. .; Salh. . UmPlre-Walter Ole
sen of the HighlanderS- Time Of game
hours
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Earned runs-St. Vincents. e. First base
by errOrs-St Nincents. 5; st. Patrick'S. l.
Left bases-St- Nincent's. ;. St Pat
ricks ;. First base on balls-On McFar-
land, ?; off Mcdonald, /. of bartlett. 4
Inings pitched-By Mcfarland .: by Nc
Donald. T. Hits ma6e-On McFar'and nd >. or
Mcdonald, 4. Struck out-By Bartlett Is:
by Mcfarland 3 Three-base hit-MaUceron
Two-base hitS-Schneider. Johnson Stolen
bases-Gallagher, Chaffrot. Schneider. 3,
Turner. Johnson. Bartlett, MsrcerOn- Double
piay-Mailoy (unassisted). Hit BY pitcher
BY Mcfarland. l: by Mcdonald l: by Bart
lett. l. Wild pitCheS-Bartlett . Umpire
s. Moffitt. Time Of game hour and - min
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Earned runs-Calvary. {: Metropolitans, I.
First base by errOrs-Calvary. 4: MetropoII-
tans. J. Left on bases-Calvary. = -uetro-
politans. 4 First base on balls-On 7Ibehler
4. OF Zirkle, ;; or Richmond, l. innings
pitched-Zirkle. 3; Richmond. s. Hts-Of
Zirkle. 8; or Richmond :. Struck out
BY koehler, s; by Zirkle, ?: by Richmond. ,.
Three-base hit-Kinney- TWO-base hit-Bie-
laskt- Sacrifice hit-Haycen. Stolen bases
Kinney. ?, Lord. 3; B!elaski. .: Hayden. r
Symanoski. J. Symanoski. and ZirkIe- Dou-
bic play-Dampier TO Zirkle Hit by pitcher
BY Zirkie. !: by Richmond. l. Wild pitches
Zirkle. 2; Richmond. l. Umpire-Betts. Time
Of game hour and 55 minutes
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

The Young TangleWoods want games
with teams averaging ten years. Line
up: Pat Sweeny first base. Charlie
Kennon. second base; Willie Holtzclaw,
third base; Jules Demonet. short stop;
Jimmie Mahar center field; Henry
Goodman. right field; Louis Krick. right
field; Frank Edwards. catcher; Alphonso
Parker. pitcher: Charlie Tasker. sub
stitute: and Henry Francis. mascot.
Games with Georgetown Memorials
preferred. Address AlphonSo Parker
1705 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

First base by errors-Na1-v ? Taft an
nases-Navy.. 70, Postofflce ;. First haEe ,,r,
balls-Dn Curnane, . OF HarinE. g. Struck
out-By Curnane. l3: by Harlng : Two
pase hits-SuttOn. Bryan. stolen basAs-
ErTan, ?; Curnanc. Orrison Adams Kerr
double plays-Curnane 10 Clements 70 Els.
OriisoH, Unassisted. HIT By pitcher-Bv ClI--
name; :; BY Haring. l. Wild pitch-Curnane.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
YO HEAYE HO LADS
BEAT POSTOFFICE
Brilliant Plays in Departmental League
Before Navy Won by Close
Score.

In one Of the cIeanest and most stir
ring exhibitions Of the national game
that has been seen on either amateur
or professional fields In this city, Navy
triumphed over the strong aggregation
from the Postofce. in the Departmental
League, yesterday. with the narrow
margin Of 10 l.
The game was replete with jabs and
stops that materially diminished the hit
column OF both teams.
The score: