The sweetness of love Is dreaming Sweet dreams that will never com t-'ie, With the star of hope blissfully beaming In a bright ami impossible blue; Dreaming that vows fondly spoken Will ever be true as they seem; Dreaming that hearts ne'er are broken; ' Dreaming that life Is a dream. Oh! fate, awake me not! Sweet dreams, forsake me not! Shine on, fair star, in love's beautiful blue Dreaming you love me yet, , Dreaming youH ne'er forget Let me not waken to find love untrue. The sorrow of lovtng Is waking To a world that is withered and old, With the star of hope swiftly forsaking A sky that is faded nnd cold; Waking when time hath bereft us Of all that the future endears; Waking when nothing is left us, , Nothing but mem'ries and tears. ONLY A FRIEND. OR years I had U u o w n her. Years? Yes, since my child hood, riaymntes we hud been then s choolmates then friends. As I watched her develop ing from nar row - minded youth to beau tiful, broad womanhood I trembled lest In the picture I knew she portrayed of future perfect happiness I should be missing. She was not a beauty as the world terms them, but the kindly smile and true character her face retlected were more beautiful to me than perfect fea tures. Rut her voice; what a voice It was! A clenr, rich mezzo, aided by perfect execution born of deep feeling and power of Interpretation. She held a position In one of the leading church es In M , and there, I confess, I wns wont to find the sennon more Interest ing than at my homo church. One bright moonlight Sabbath, ns we strolled home from evening service, she said: "How well Mr. Studly song to-nlpht! What a beautiful voice he has, Ralph!" Strange to say, I had been thinking how well her voice nud his blended; before I had niiswered she continued; "He Is so pleasant, too. We should miss him more than any of the others In the quartette If he should leave us." . "Yes, Elsie, he Is a royal fellow. But will you go with me on Tuesday to hear Campanarl? His voice is better." "I am sorry, Ralph, but Mr. Studly asked ma to accompany him that even ing and I conseuted." "Well, be sings again on Thursday; we can go then," and so it was decid ed, ' The house was reached, nnd ns we entered I thought I had never soon her looking so well. Her eyes were bright and sparkling, nnd the cold, crisp nlr orougnt a rich damask to her round cheeks. Removing her outer garments In the hall, she started forward toward the center of the parlor, nnd as she did so I stopped her, and slipping my arm about her, bent, and, ere she could Interpret my Intention, I kissed her. Tearing herself oway, her face nhluw. she cried In a voice of deep anger: "Ralph Moreland, how dare you how dare you Insult meT while I, nil tho bolder because of her anger, started forward, nnd, possessing myself of both her hands, said: "Elsie, nngry with nm. no"-ns sho tried to free herself "you shnll listen angry with one who loves you better than his life, yes, better than nil the whole world besides, nnd whose one ambition Is to make you his wife?" With a low cry of anguish she start ed back. I released her then. "0, Ralph," she said, "I never thought you would do this. I thought wo were too great friends." Two great tears started nnd coursed down her cheeks, now pale as death. "Elsie, my darling girl, dou't vou love me?" "Love your she reiterated; "love you; wheirhnve I not loved you; but not like that, Ralph; not like that; I could never be your wife." In vnlii I pleaded, nnd then a disa greeable thought forced Itself upon mo. Framing It In words, I snld soft ly: "Elsie, Is there some one else?" Trembling, she stood there In the semi-darkness. I could see how ngl tated she wns ns I caught the faint Whisper: "Yes." Tlien, Indeed, hope died within mo, and sho continued: "Ralph, dear friend, forget this. Let us le ns we always have been, true friends. Don't," she pleaded, "let this spoil our friendship." "It shall le ns you desire; but, Elsie, Is there no hope for me? What of this Other?" "Poor Ralph, none. This other does not even suspect that I care for him; but, loving him as I do, It would be wrong for me to consent to be your wife. Please leave mo now; you have surprised me so," And I weut along with my grief knowing and praying that God would not let her wait long or In vnln for her true love to be rewarded and returned. Two days passed nnd tho play wns nearly over In the L oiK-ra house, when suddenly tho cry of "fire" rang through the) auditorium, caught up and re-echoed by the terror-stricken people. There In the first balcony were Taul Studly nnd Elsie Mordant I watched them both as tho pwple thronged the narrow passagewuys. They had not, I felt sure, seen mo, nnd I resolved to remain close at hand, and If necessary aid them. Ho made her wait untlUho crowd were nearly out; then they sturt- ed. They were within a few steps of the door when, as though to add to the panic, the lights were turned off. I seined forward. "Lisle," I heard him say, "are you of raid? Will you trust yourself to me? ' - i nm not arraia wnno with you, Paul," was the soft reply, made with strange calmness. "You are quite sure," he questioned, bending low and giving her a quick, searching look. "Is there any danger that we cannot get out?" she queried. "I think not. You will trust me en tirely; let me be your protector now" she nodded as there came a whisper ed "yes" "now and always Elsie?" "lea, Paul," she answered; and, lift ing her gently, he bore her down the stairway. I had heard all, nnd I knew then why she had not loved me. They are married now, and I I am still "her friend." Boston Post. A big battle ship has on board an electric plant capable of lighting a town of 5,000 Inhabitants. The desert of Sahara Is ns large as all that portion of the United States lying west of the Mississippi. It has been aseert .ined that plate glass will make a m( re durable monu ment than the hardest prnnlte. The Netherlands have 12,00o oquare miles, being about the combined area of Massachusetts nnd Connecticut. A law recently enacted In Norway makes girls luellgible for matrimony until they are skilled in sewing, knit ting and cooking. There have been 71,000 deaths from plague In India so far, according to a recent report by the secretary for In dia to Parliament An officer has brought to England from the Malay States a sladang. a kind of wild bison, said to be the only one of the species In captivity. The great barrier reef along the const of Australia Is about 1,500 miles long, the work of coral Insects. Some times it rises almost perpendicularly from a depth of 1,200 fathoms. Two ceremonies In Burmnh mark when childhood stops and manhood or womanhood begins. The boys have their legs tattooed In brilllnnt blue and rod patterns, and the girls their ears bored. Siberia has a population of 5,727,000, of which 2,054,000 are males nnd 2,772, 000 females. The population of Central Asia wns determined at 7,7,21,000, of which 4,158,000 are males and 3,502,000 females. Tho Triremes of Tiberius. The recent recovery of some remains of the famous triremes of the Emperor Tiberius, which lie at the bottom of Lake Neml, Is of great Interest both to artists and antiquaries. The Lake of Neml, which Is situntt-d about seven teen miles southeast of Rome, Is form ed by the crater of an extinct volcano, t'pon Its broad bosom once floated the magnificent pleasure house of the lux urious and licentious Emperor,, Tiber! ns Claudius Nero, who, leaving' his du ties at Rome In the year A. D. 2(1, re tired the following year to the Island of Capreae, where he Indulged Ju, the greatest sensuality. Ills love of luxury nnd display wns exhibited In the two famous pleasure triremes which bear his nnme, and the remains of which now lie burled In the Lake of Neml. The discovery referred to consist of the finding of several massive metal moor ing rings nnd tops of stakes by which the vessel could be moored to the quay. The rings are fixed In the mouths and bronze heads of Hons, wolves and Medusae, by the tooth of which they are retained In their prop er plnces. These bronze heads are marvelously modeled, nnd the faces are characterized by a lifelike similarity to the nnlmnls represented. Despite their long Immersion In the mud of Lake Neml, they are all perfectly pre served, and the masslveness of their build nnd the beauty of their outline enable the spectator to Judge of the magnificence of the structure of which they once formed but a secondary and almost Insignificant part Invention. Was the Maine Hoodooed? There are many stork afloat among naval men who bcJIeve tu "hoodoos" that the Maine was unlucky from the day she was completed, says the New York Tribune, It is said the greatest enre was taken In her construction, as the naval Ixxird was rathor suspicious of the way previous contractors had filled the orders of the government and for that reason the Maine hvnme the pride of the navy. Little mishaps took plae from time to time that mado the sailors say she was "unlucky," and In August lSOrt, when she fouled her anchor In Key West and bent the plutca of her port kool, everybody wondered how It could have happened. Tho following February three men were wounded while at target practice by the explosion of a one-pound shell, and In July, 1S07, the IwtUoshlp ran Into an Hist River pier and cut In two a barge- loaded down with railroad cars. It Is said that the Bailors folt un easy when they went with tho Maine on Its delicate mission to Havana, as they bflkved It was "hoodooed." Parta of a Locomotive, In tho formation of a single locomo tive engine there are noarly (1,000 pieces to l put together, and those require to be as oeourntrly adjusted as tho works of a watch. Imitation may be the slueeivst flat tery, but uiore men nequlro wealth by doing a 8 they see others do not do. Much of the experience a man geU comes too late to benefit him. HOBS0N AND HIS LITTLE BAND OF HEROES. These are the portraits of Lieut. Richmond Pearson nohson and his gallant crew of seven who sank the Merrimnc in the mouth of Santiago Bay, and who will live' in' hiBtory as among the bravest of the world's heroes. The ninth pic ture in tho group is that of Naval Cadot Joseph W. Powell, who commanded the launch that followed the Merrimac, braving death to rescue the foriorn hopers. Hobson, the leader and originator of the plan, is a naval constructor, with the relative rank of lieutenant, junior grade. George Charette was a gunner's mate of the first-class on board tho cruiser New York. He lives at Lowell, Mass., and is 31 years old. J. C. Murphy was the coxswain of the Iowa. Osborn Warren Deignan was born in Stuart, Iown, and is 31 years old. He has been in the navy several years, and was one of the Merrimac's original crew. Francis Kelly was also one of the erew of the Merrimac. He is a Boston man, and is 28 years old. George E. Phillips is 34 years old, nnd was born in Cambridgeport, Mass. He enlisted on the Merrimac ns a machinist soon nfter the collier wns bought by the government. Randolph Clausen was coxswain of the New York, and smuggled himself aboard the Merrimac without permission; SECOND CITY OF CU3A. Matanzas Noted for Its Qualntness and Superb Beauty. Matanzas Is the second city of Cuba In size, wealth and commercial Import ance and Is noted for Its healthf ulness, qnalntness and beauty. Before the war the population of thecity was 00, 000, but It dwindled to one-half, thou sands of Its best citizens having Joined the insurgent nrmy, and other thou sands having been scattered or killed owing to the exigencies of war. The province has always been noted for Its patriotism. , The San Juan RJver divides the city Into two parts, the Pueblo Nuevo new town and Versailles, and the river Is spanned by several handsome stone bridges. Pueblo Nuevo contains the railway depot and one of the most beautiful avenues In all Cuba the Cal zeda de San Esteviui. For two miles it is lined with imposing villas, all with pillared porticoes In front, paved, like the terraces, with mosaic of black1 and white marble, or blue and yellow tiles. These casas of the old-time tilled gar dens are colored pea-green, sky-blue, rose-pink, lavender, purple, crushed strawberry, and yellow, but the colors, which elsewhere would seem to stand eternally swearing at the landscape, mtsfSmmWB- D'T TIME SCHEDULES AR,VE BSS . From Portland. from NVfajSjs3s5 BaW&VS&r 2tST Fiwt Salt Lake, Denver, Fast lffe&'' 'S,:'iMtf Mail Ft. Worth, Omaha, Mail. ' KSIrif JPIa 8:00p.m. Kansas City, 6l 7:2ua.m. - 'Mffiii tfalNN ilfwiJy t2. Chicago, MATANZAS, CUBA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY. here tone it so perfectly with the tropic n.,.l .11.. . V. .. . .,.. e . l ... I sky aud foliage that you fall to notice tho violent contrasts. All the houses are set flush with the pavement, but each has Its beautiful garden nt the sides, filled with flowers nnd stately palms, surrounded by tall Iron railings and stone pillars topped with urns. After the great, conflagration of for ty-three years ago, In which more than half of Matanwis was burned, the well-to-do losers rebuilt their homes on the heights above the city, where ocean breezes blow fresh and cool and the wide-spreading bay affords a charm ing picture. Unfortunately, perhaps, tho old and uncomfortable public build ings remained untouched by the flames. The musty cathedral whose corner stone was laid more titan three cen turies ago, Is Imposing by reason of masslveness and rude architectural beauty. The custom house, erected near tho beginning of the present cen tury, Is long and low, with overhanging roof of red tiles and pillared Inner cor ridors. Matanas rejoices In the pos session of a splendid new theater. which Is said to be tho finest In the West Indies, not even excepting Ila bftjia"s "Theater of a Hundred Iknirs." There are several handsomelv appoint ed club houys and casinos, too: for In Cuban cities, ns in Ihuls, Loudon and Madrid, club life flourishes, at the ex pense of domestic Institutions. The view of the city from the summit of the bills above San Soverlno Castle Is magnificent and lucludes more than thirty miles of undulating shore line. THE RIGHT OF MIGHT. War in All Its) Horror IToa Keen with Vu Since the Hirth of Time. War has been deflm! as murder glorified. The scaffold replaced by a triumphal arch would perhaps be more figurative. A condition of things quali fied as extra legal would be more ex- act. War Is the parados of Jurispru dence. It sanctions that which it has forbidden; honors that which It pun ishes, and rewards that which It re proves. Its criterion is the result, There Is no question of Justice or of injustice. There is a question merely of victory or defeat The Romans, who, whatever their faults may have been, were not casuists, summed it up In a sentence vae vlctls woe to the vanquished. War and humanity are congenital. They appeared on earth together. In the Old Testament the most ancient chronicle Is a tale of mur der. There two brothers are fnot to face. Their Ideas conflict One kills the other. The brothers are succeed ed by families, the latter by clans. There nre tents and passions. There are races, nations, empires. But ah ways the conflict of Ideas, always the battle which ensues. History has the monotony of the Infernal regions. It is made up of groans. The lesson which disengages from It Is the right of might. There never has been any oth er. The early warriors had the whirl: wind for ally. The moon was their servant To aid them the sun stood still. The terror of Slnnl gleamed from their breastplates. Men could not see their faces and live. They encroached and conquered. On the rock-bound hill I they founded a line of kings. IresMit- ,. . 1 1 . . w ly engeanee Incarnate talked Assy rian. They were swept Into chains and remained there until It occurred to Cy rus to change the Euphrates' course. With Alexander, who chased kings hither and thither, came more might. When the Roman eagles pounced upon their prey there was more. There was always more. In history there Is little else. Of Justice or Injustice never a word. Spain knows it. It Is might that made her. But might Is not eter nal. Even Hercules Is dead. Millionaire Actors. Some of our actors are wealthy men. Joe Jefferson Is rated at ?2,000,000 and Sol Smith Russell is a close second, with something over $1,500,000 to his credit. Joe Murphy, of Kerry Gow fame, while not as rich as Jefferson or Rus sell, Is in no danger of going to the poorhouse. He has made nearly a mil lion out of Kerry Gow and it has brought him In $0,000 for mnny years. An amusing story is told of this pop ular actor.. It was his custom years ago to ostentatiously borrow on the Rlalto every morning from a certain manager, and always return it in the evening. A noticeable point was that in asking for the money Murphy never lowered his voice or seemed to want to keep the matter a secret from bystand Ing actors. After this thing had gone on for some time the manager asked for an explanation, "Well, you see," aid Murphy, 'If those fellows thought I had money about me, they'd strike me for a loan, but when they see m borrowing myself, they think It's no use." When a boy begins to smoke, It Is time for him to quit school. After a woman has reached a certain ago she never mentions It, I Jv I 2:00 p.m. MEN'becured i If you suffer from any of the ills of men, come to the oldest Specialist on the Pacific Coast, - DR. JORDAN ft CO., 1 1 OBI Market St Est'd 1852. 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