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NE PLANTED ms FLAG.
Mexican sailor Receives Medal for strugkle
Against waves and sharks.
From the Mexican Herald.

Julian Santos. a sailor on the gunbost
Democratic, has just been granted, through
the Department Of War. a medal for bravery
in planting the green. white and red over
Clipperton Island in the Pacific. under cir
cumstances OF a most peculiar nature. He
fought his way through an army Of sharks
In rough water. with no other weapon than q
flag in a metal casing.
As 10 customary, at regular intervals the
Government sends a boat 10 this island to
plans sns flag there. On this trip the boat
pulled az close inIo the usual landing place
as was possible and a small boat was sent
out TO make the landing. The great breakers
kept the boat from landing. 1t returned,
and another crew was sent out. in which was
santos.
Having received his orders to plant the
flag on the island and being unable TO effect
the landing la the boat. he watched his OPP
%portunity TO get the best ge of surf
conditions, dropped over the edge OF the boat
with the encased nag and started for land.
He was Immediately attacked by man editing
sharks. The terrible breakers In themselves
seemed almost unweathersblc. but added
TO II was the night in the water. lie used
the encased flag n n weapon and 1naliy
reached land. where. after having Tested
sufficiently 10 recover part OF his strength,
he planted the nag and waited for the boat To
be able TO make a landing TO take him back
10 the gunbost.
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in the neighborhood early in the morning
and crowds the street at midday. Then
it disappears at o and University place is as
quiet as it used to be in the 'lOs, when the
Broadway cars ran along the street and
Jake Sharp had not yet been dreamed of.
The trim OF the house il brown sand
stone n up to the second floor the house
is constructed OF this material. The rest
Of it il built OF red brick. In the rear il a
stable that opens on the yard running about
the house.
The red brick house Of Miss Alice Keteltas
at Second avenue and st. Marks place is
surrounded now by strange neighbors.
The occupants OF that house have seen
Irish immigrants take places that once the
New York families Of means occupied.
Then they have seen these houses turned
into for Italians until they in
turn moved northward TO make place for
the Russians, Poles. Hungarians and other
Slavic nationalities that now occupy every
foot OF available space in the houses on
every side.
Down Second avenue stretch cafes
crowded with aliens whose language and
customs are as great a contrast to those
OF their predecessors as well could be
luIdbiicus
Miss Keteltas's house. which was that of
her father before her. belongs to a some
what older period than the Auchmuty
house. Ii is even simple from an archi-
tectural point of view. IL has the white
marble empire columns characteristic OF
New York houses Of its time and 10 be
seen at their best in many houses lying
south Of Greenwich Village. If there ever
n -
side OF Washington Square he must have
been the same one hat designed the Ke-
teltas house.
Once inside the house one feels as if the
step from the vestibule had lasted for a
century. The ound Of the outside world
is remote and hushed. There might still
be the descendants Of Dutch burghers
outside the walls.
In the rear Of the house on the st. Marks
place side is garden with vines covering the
wall of the house next door. Vines from
the garden. Chamber over the high fence,
which is partly hidden by a row Of bushes.
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4 SEQ NAT.
Paris MilIiners Turning Out Mighty FIX.
pensINc COnfectlOnS.

peDsiye C0nfectiOns.
For the first time on record during the last
twenty years. declares the Paris correspond
ent OF the Gentieromon. the milliners have
raised their prices. There has been for
some time ain cutlery among hat makers that
they could not obtain the same profits as the
dressmakers. although they had the same
class of clients.
They considered il unreasonable that a
woman should pay as much as 81 600 for a
dress, and the very highest price they could
obtain for a hat was 500. To-day there il no
possibility OF complaint on their part, for
they are making hats, and selling them, too,
at se40.
| had seen wonderful structures OF
8igrettes and marabout at si4O. and thought
we had reached the limit, but the $24O hat
is an extravaganza that l do not care to
qualify.
Surprisingly" say the m~illiners. aNot at
ali People wear real lace upon their
,.esses, why should they not also have it on
their hats?"
was curious to see this sensational hat.
and arrived just as it was being packed in it's
cardboard box, a circle of admiring assist
ants in ecstasies at its beauty. Ii was a
large capeline in straw with a collar of We
netian point around the crown-the lace
alone worth sl50--and a small mountain Of
marabout and aigrettes on one side.
Such extravaganza is not only wicked but
unnecessary. for after all. who wears a hat
OF his price,? Not a young woman GER
tainly. Such foolish display can only come
from an old woman, and she would do well to
he more discreet.
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with all my heart was the likely
answer OF Conception.
There was reason why he should guess
correctly. for had she not said the same
thing to him the night before when their
lips met through the bars?
Algabeho was mad with rage and grief
He did not know whether he hated villarillo
more than the girl. His first impulse was
to go forward and to kill one or both of
them. Some impulse OF calmness, sufi-
GENTLY rare in him and his kind. made him
pause. He had a better plan. And 30 he
walked down the street, away from the
loving duo. humming grimly:
II ! love you.
Beware OF me.
He and Villarillo had rooms ina the same
house. IL was impossible to sleep with
the tumult in his mind and il seemed hours
before Villarillo could be heard coming
up the stairs. cropping his way along and
whistling lightheartedly
Algabeho heard noise in the room above
and soon a oreaking as the bull fighter
dropped into bed and prepared to sleep.
Algabeho waited and waited, probably
for about two hours. Then he got out
OF bed, hunted around the room for a mo-
ment. found what he wanted and started
up the steps.
They creaked under his feet. but he went
quietly and soon was at Villarillo's door.
The blade OF the knife he held helped to
pry open The door quietly.
AlgabenO stepped in and stood for a
moment looking at Villarillo, who slept
calmly with his back TO Algabeho. The
latter apparently was in two minds.
His first instinct was to do what he had
planned to 10 and get it over with.
Villarillo's queue was within easy reach.
A single slash Of the knife and the glory
OF the matador would have departed. No
thought OF how he would feel il some one
did that to him entered Algabeho's mind.
but all Of a sudden his heart was flooded
with a feeling Of sympathy for both OF
them. so deceived and so played on by the
same woman.
He was making up his mind, however,
and he reached out to grasp the queue
and sever IL with the honor OF VilIarillo.
He could not complete the journey OF his
hand He dropped it on the shoulder OF the
sleeping man and shook him roughly.
.Carissima. murmured Villarillo sleepily.
We'll enough now. but when you are
awake 1t will be n different story" said
A~lgabeho to himself.
Come. wake up he said aloud, Il have
something to tell you
.vfllarillo :i-:o:. leaped from the bed
at the sight OF Algabeno with the knife,
but h other Gained him.
Then he ssated himself on the edge OF
the bed and said: Tonight you were with
Concepcion?"
YES" answered villa rillo.
And after you had stood for a while at the
grille she leaned forward her face invitingly
to you and you kissed herr And you asked
her II she loved you. and she answered tha
she did with all her heart? Is il not 500
asked Algabeho.
Were you in her room that you heard
and saw all thisI" demanded Villsrillo.
Il was not replied Algsbeno. But I
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came down the street and l saw you two
close together and l heard the sound Of a
kiss. Then | came away"
How then do you know what she said?'
demanded Villarillo.
Il did not know. 1 only guessed it. That
was she said TO me the night before
when she and kissed" said Algabeho.
And that is the reason of the knife"
said Villarillo. you have come here TO
fight with me for her? Well. wait a minute
and will get my knife aud he made as
IL to rise.
NO. my brother said A~lgabeho. Il
come here with quite another object. |
have planned TO do you a grievous wrong.
No. il is still there he said, as Villarillo's
hand moved toward the pack OF his head.
Il have not lone you that injury. But l
was moved with an idea and so | woke you
up. l have a plan to tell you"
What is it?" asked Villarillo.
1T is this" said A~lgabeno. This foul
daughter of an evil woman has played us
both false. She uses one to play against
the other that she may say that the two
great ~bullighters OF Seville are at her feet.
She is unworthy Of US and her actions show
II. There are thousands Of other girls in
Seville better than she and they will be
true to me or TO you and will not try to
make fools Of whichever one OF us they
love. Let his unworthy woman 20 to the
devil, her father. We will both give her
up and let some one who wills take our
leavings. Thus we shall both be revenged
and you and |. m brother. shall stay friends
as we should. Is il agreedp"
1T is not a trick TO get me out Of the way?"
asked Villarillo sus~piciously.
NO, my brother. swear il by the Holy
Virgin. answered ~lgabe6o passionately.
Let it be 80. then. my brother said
Villarillo, drawing Algabeno to his arms.
l. e he foul woman go where she wills.
But what eyesl What lipsl" he added.
regretfully.
"Ay, but they are for any and all" said
Algabeio.
And that il why Conception Guerra y
Estebanez n 10 longer has the two bull
fighters Of Seville to pay her court. And
she may die an old maid for all they care.
while the other girls Of Seville are ~nviou
OF her no longer.
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on the 81. Marks place side. This In turn
opens into the dining room.
Both Of the houses described share the
good fortune Of being situated on q corner.
There they have two aides free, whatsoever
other disadvantages Of situation They may
suffer under.
The same 10 not true of the Tredwe1
house, At 20 East Fourth street, which IL
much older than either OF the other two and
a perfect specimen Of the kind OF homo
once put up by wealthy New Workers.
The oldest Miss Tredwell died In this house
a few months ago, more than 90 years Ole.
She wss born and passed most Of her life
there. 10 the old house her surviving sisters
still live.
From the well worn marble steps to the
dormer windows the facade might serve
M a model for the best houses Of its type.
The fanlight, he arched doorway with
the upright keystone and the pointed dor
mer windows would delight m lover
Of old New York.
The rarest possession OF the house ID
the pair Of iron newell posts that stand at
the foot Of the steps. There are on the
lower West Side OF the city posts more
elaborate in design. but none Of them is
still in such good preservation. The GUS
tomary pineapple top ia missing from
these. it's place being taken by three scrolls
Of iron. curved and ornamented The
iron rails of the steps are equally good
specimens OF the ironwork OF this period.
This house is the only residence on the
block. On one side in an employment
agency for hotels. On the other side is
a Yiddish kosher restaurant in a base
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WOMEN'S WORK AT MINES.
Very Few work Underground lin Afrtcs
They Carry Heavy Loads.

Until recently women were employed in
Z England in connection with surface work
in coal mining and brick works. The
women were found to be very strong, but
| they were otherwise unsatisfactory and
we're ultimately dispensed with at the
collieries. The coal mines regulation act
Of Great Britain prohibits woman labor
being employed underground.
In German Southwest Africa an inves-
tigator found many native women at work
about the mines. They were useful in
carrying in loads. especially OF firewood.
The women labor was cheap and as long
as they were left alone to take as much
time as they liked over the work and do it
az they wished they were all right.
His next experience was higher up the
coast. in West Africa. Labor was short
and they decided to try women to carry
stones. They carried the first two loads
and her they struck.
Those women quite altered the conditions
OF carrying stones. They carried them for
a certain distance. but three or our relays
had to be provided. After that they were
tried at carving sand and things like that.
They went on for a short while, but did the
work in fits and starts.
where women had been tried against the
black men, it was found that for carrying in
frewood they were by far the best an
cheapest. There, of course, they were on
piece work. although their tickets were
marked just the same az il they were on
day work.
Their task was to carry in a cord Of wood
q day. They used to start about 40 A. NJ.
and went on carrying until 7 and rom 7:3O
till 0 or 10. Then II they wanted to get off
early the next day they used to carry an
other cord of wood in the afternoon or a
part Of it..
They were a decided success, but they
were very particular as to whether the cord
Of wood was exactly In what they called
their circle. They did not mind how close
Il was to the boilers. but il IL were a little
over their distance they would go TO the
manager and want an increase directly.
Some women used to carry about 100
pounds on their heads; OF an average about
So to 95 pounds Of wood.
Statistics published in the Mining World
from time to time show hat there are a
number OF women employed In the coal
mines of Belgium md Germany, for in
stance. as pickers and sorters. In Ger
many women receive from 27 to 70 cents
per day.
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Therefore the pad which protects the back
OF the head. Hence il is the distinctive
mark OF the profession to have the pigtail.
When the matador retires from the ring
the queue is cut of and with the severing OF
that his connection with the game ceases.
To lose the queue while still a fighter is a
Disgrace,
Conception was more thar a little Of a
firt. it must he confessed, although with
her little heart she appeared to love Villa
rillo for the time being more perhaps
than she ever had fancied any cavalier
before. She could not, however, resist the
nance TO make him jealous on all occa-
sions and with that idea in view she dis
tributed the favors Of her smiles not q
little to A~lgabeho, another Of the Seville
bullfghting squad.
Algabeho was a good looking man. too,
and with all the fire OF his Andalusisn
nature he loved Conception. He had just
the vaguest idea that she was using him
a little to make Villsrillo love her the more.
but he was determined to win her for him
self. in spite Of that.
And 30 il was on the days OF the corridas
de toros that when Villarillo had killed he
looked toward the seat where Conception
sat and was rewarded with a smile and that
after Algabeno had delivered the blow in
his turn to a sturdy novillo he too had eyes
for only one person in the ~assemblage.
The smiles Of Conception rewarded him too.
1T is too bad" said the other espadas.
The girl is no great thing n there are so
many in the world. 1t is too bad that these
TWO should be after the same one. With
all Seville to choose from, it 10 strange that
only one should be marked by both
So by turns the fighters stood outside
the grating OF the window Of the house
where Conception lived and told the young
woman what love meant. And at night,
TOO, they took turns in singing to her win
dow up above all the songs which delight
a Sevillana.
Other girls marked the attentions paid
to Conception and sighed enviously to
think that one girl should have two bull
fighters and be able TO play them OF one
against the other SO as TO keep them both
for her own,
II was curious enough that the two men
remained friends in spite Of IL all Or
dinarily the hot blood Of the south of Spain
does not permit such relations between
two men to remain peaceful.
The common risk OF their lives and the
thought that they were an a sort brothers
in arm kept them friends In spite Of the
traditions OF love and life in Andalusia.
They had a sort Of tacit agreement not to
interfere with the lov rnsa;ng of each
other and when one found the grille already
taken by the other he left to take his chance
another time. SO for some weeks it ran on,
until finally blood triumphed over brain.
Algabeho came up that night through
the street Of San Jorge in time to behold
his rival and Conception in as close an en-
brace as iron bars between would permit.
The face OF the girl and Of the man were
close together and down through the quiet
air TO Algsbeho there ioated the unmistak-
able sound OF n kiss.
Algabeho did not hear what they said
Dos thou love me?' he could imagine
Villarillo asking.
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When lie Lived.

From The IOHth's ComA~aiOn.
Among the TO mbs near the old Arlington
mansion on the Chesapeake 10 the mausoituin
OF lohn Gusts. the father OF Martha Washing
IONS first husband II bears this suggestive
inscrir.!:.;
Beneath this Marble Tomb lies ye Body
OF the Honorable John Custis. Esq.
or the City OF Williamsburg and Parish OF
Burton
Formerly OF Hungars Parish on the Eastern
shore OF
Verginia and the County OF NORTHAMPTON the
Place OF his Nativity.
Aged " years. and yet lived but seven years
Which was the space OF time he kept
A Bachelors House nj Arlington
On the Eastern shore OF vcrglnia.
- sud that before his marriage Custis
lid have n free and easy iTP. Iiis marriage
WAS of Importance to his country. for he was
the prOgenttor OF several leading families.
One would like 10 know Mrs. Custls's version
Of the life they had together, which he re-
garded as unworthy to be called living
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A GIRL and TWO MATADORS
LOVE As T rs CARRIED on m
BROTHERS ~ ARMS.
Girls 81 Seville No LOnEer jealous NJ s'on-
cepcion. Who Had Two Famous Bull
fighters as Her Admirers-The Rea son
Why AIgabenO Gave Up His Re, enge.

SEVILLE. July 2s.-Jose Maria Sacra-
nento Nillar yTormilla was the name which
he bore until he entered the bull fighting
school in the big ring at Seville and after
that he was known as Villarillo. because
they all have TO have nick ma m Whether
he was we'll born. as the name would seem
- show, was no affair OF his companion
%toreros. With them il was solely a question
OF his courage and he did not waste time
in showing that there was a future before
him as n matador
N~illarillo served his apprenticeship in
tho school, learned the anatomy Of the bull
and which was the fatal spot and how to
reach it and passed through the successive
grades TO prominence until at last he was
an espada Of more than the usual daring.
h knew every twist and turn Of the muleta
and could kill in a fashion which drew upon
HIM the rain of coins and scarfs and cigars
and the other rewards OF valor which the
Spanish crowd losses into the ring at the
smiling matador who has delivered the
fatal blow 10 the bull with neatness and
gertrude.
But more than all the material rewards
o. the matador are the smiles Of the fair
Cni the cOuntenance of the beautiful Con-
Copclon Guerra y Fstebanez shone upon
Nillarillo more to his liking than that Of any
other Of the maids OF Seville.
When Nillarillo walked abroad through
the brilliantly lighted Sierpes. the show
street Of Seville. there were many who de-
lighted to halt him and seek the honor OF
buying refresh ments for him in one OF the
many cafes along the street. Even in his
Direct clothes Villarillo was handsome.
His body was solid and muscular and
Us face was merry. The round black felt
''t OF the bull fighter sat well on his head
lN' even that was not so distinctive a mark
4, No" tOrero as the Queue which barely
showed ~ the back of his head.
~ Spain, where the b~ullfghter il a per-
Son or Prominence and his income is many
ios"ras grt Susf tnan that OF some noble
f%''nii'cn, tf.-r arc mary OF she country
youth who sport the bullfighter's hat. But
'n'v may not wear the queue. which il as
mnc,' ne l-i.- of the trade r. the knotted
r'ie ~ that Of the porter in the streets.
Except that to be a torero Is to be a MEM
her " u Profession and TO he n porter lie to
~ 4 rnrmD-r of a trade.
II d'i not need n backward glance at
N~I'larilio to ses whether RE had the igtail
'o''d under mis- hat to tell that he was a
'nllfghter. He looked the part.
The Use Of the queue Is to furnish some-
thing 10 which to tie the padded bag which
the hullighters wear in the ring. II they
were thrown or slipped so that they struck
on the hack Of the head IL would he all over
with them If they were stunned only for an
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I. Auchmuty which stands on the northeast
CORNER Of Twelfth street is the only re-
mlnder OF the streets former residential
grandeur.
On this short stretch Of street there were
clustered the homes Of several merchant
princes Of the '+Os. On University place
was the old Aspinwall house which was
used by nh s~uctioneer TO sell his goods
during the last part OF Ito career. IL stood
at Tenth street In Its old fashioned red
brick comfort. and the ballroom. said 70
be the first private ballroom in New York,
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Tiny black eyes frequently gaze from the
windows Of the neighboring tenements at
the lady working among her flower beds.
Miss keteltas remain ~contentedly in
her home just as Indifferent TO the scrutiny
Of her present neighbors as she was to the
Germans, Irish and Italians that preceded
them. Her summer home is on Webster
avenue, New York, and she goes there
early in the season to settle among neigh
bors more ~congenial than those who wonder
at her doings in New York and attract so
little attention from ner.
The mansard roof Of the house was added
in the eos to supersede the dormer windows
which formerly adorned the sloping roof
One characteristic detail Of the house is
the enclosed porch overlooking the yard
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WELL or SODA WATER.
Overflow Used 10 Float Logs "a Lumber
Mills.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
One of the most Interesting and novel
gushing wells in the world. and perhaps
without a rival in either respect. Is a geyser
of soda water that recently came up at Wend-
ling. just across the Mendocino county border
from Sonoma, Cal.
This well produces soda water-genuine
soda water-and of a quality that would
warrant bottling for the general trade In
such quantities as were never struck before.
There Is so much OF this water that Il Ia turned
into a huge long fume and used to float
great logs from the forest to the lumber
mills.
An a~rtesian well borer was recently en-
ployed to secure an adequate water supply
for a large sawmill In that region. He drilled
TO a depth Of 200 feet. the lower no feet being
through solid granite, Then a slight trace
then placed hfty-four sticks of dynamite at
the bottom of the well and exploded them,
Instantly water gushed up, rising twenty
feet above the surface OF the ground. pouring
forth in enormous volume. That was DAYS
ago. and since then there has been no indica-
tiOn of q cessation OF this vast natural soda
fountain.P