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CO THE ROSE LIGHT LINGEREQ, I The rose light lingered on tbe hill. j And turned to wine the waters at ur j 'oat ' I The leaves that prattled by onr bides were still. This da., how sweet! The sun fell down behind the crest Uplifre-I dark a-iinsr tbe western sky. And it stood brazen-lined, in azure dret. Within my heart a cry. Before her time, the silver moon Crept shyly, all ashamed, into the light. A star beyond the hills arose too soon. Then spread the Night. Her veil of mist to hide tbe deeps That once were warm. Upon our spir its, too, A silence fell, e'en as the cool air steeps The grass with dew. Yesterday! So the ages roll Unmoved. And yet I learn that thou shouldst know Sow lingers still thy presence in my soul An afterglow! Winston Churchill in Century.. HN a small room in a tenement house in the poorer section of New York sat a young girl, silently weeping .tnd bemoaning her lonely condition. The day before she had been called upon to part with her mother, who iad died after a long, lingering illness. Ten years before her father had been killed in a railroad accident, and the mother and daughter had been obliged to give up their comfortable home and move where cheaper rent could be pro cured and economy jnore effectually practiced. Here, in one room, by the Hid of her needle, Mrs. Atwood had maintained herself and Helen. The physician who had attended Mrs. Atwood during her illness had noticed he beautiful character and refined fea tures of Helen, and had become deep ly Interested in her. Her extreme youth bad prevented him from showing her too much attention. Dr. Cutter had attained considerable reputation during his four years of practice, and. being but 26 years of age, bis widowed mother predicted for him to brilliant future. "If only he would find a wealthy wife." thought the mother, "his success would be as sured." But the young doctor did not seem socially inclined, and seldom met young ladies outside his profession. But one morning at breakfast Dr. Cutter told his mother Helen's sad tory, picturing her orphaned condition, and asked her if she could not Invite Helen to their home until some plans for her future could be made. This worldly wise mother had at once scent ed danger, and. after asking Miss At wood's address, had promised only that she would call upon her that afternoon. Thus it happened that as a sad-faced young girl sat peering out of a window into a muddy court she saw a hand some, well-dressed lady picking her way along, and soon heard her miock at her own door. Upon being admitted the stranger introduced herself as Dr. Cutter's mother. After having listened to Helen's piti ful tfnrv Mrs. Cutter proceeded to tiuestlon the girl as to her future. "My Bon has told me that you know of no relative or friend to whom you could . "Vn" Answered Helen, "I have no relatives, and mother and I have been in no position to make many friends." "Aud is there nothing you can do to earn your own living?" questioned the iad v. "I am afraid not, Mrs. Cutter; I am but 16 years old. and, although mother has always said she wished me to be n tencher. 1 fear I should make but a poor one." Then it occurred to the lady to ask If Helen's mother had left any papers, and Helen had brought her an old desk, and after looking the contents carefully over they found a bank book in which Mrs. Atwood had an account with a New York bank for $200 in her daugh ter's name. "I wonder, my dear, that you had not thought to look In this desk before." Mrs. Cutter said, and when Heleu replied that site had felt too bad to touch any of her dear moth er's things, the lady could but appre ciate the lonely girl's feelings. After considerable talk it was decid ed that Mrs. Cutter should write to the prim-ipm or a young ladies' seminary In western New York, requesting the admittance of Miss Helen Atwood to his school for a two years' course. As this gentleman was a frieud of Mrs. Cutter, she hoped to interest him la the orphan girl's behalf, and said she would suggest to him that he give her some light duties in the school to per form, thus enabling Helen to earn her board. Promising to attend to the mat ter at once, she bade Helen a cordial farewell and hastened to her own home, where her sou was awaiting her. "Well, mother, are we to entertain Miss Atwood?" inquired the doctor. His mother shot a keen glance in his direction, and proceeded to relate her plans for Helen. Although deeply dis appointed, he could not but admit the advisability of Helen's education being continued. Things worked so successfully that In a week's time Dr. Cutter found him self taking a final look at Helen's sweet face. "Uemember. you are to write me. my child," he cried, as the "Ail aboard" warned him he must leave tbe train. Some way. as he walked toward home, be wondered why the brightness had all gone out of the day. and why every body seemed to look so forloru. During the long two years that fo! lowed, his heart was gladdened by an occasional letter from Helen, which told of her interest in her studies and friends. As the end of the second year drew near, the doctor again requested his mother to invite Miss Atwood to their home to spend the summer vaca tlon. And a second time was the son refused, "for it would only turn out in a love affair." thought this far-sighted mother, "and 1 want a rich wife for my boy." A few weeks later Dr. Cutter was seated in the reception room of the Young Ladies' Seminary of Westport anxiously awaiting Miss Atwood. As he heard soft footsteps approaching CHRONOLOGY OF 1S38. Battleship Maine blown np in the harbor of Havana, while there on a friendly visit. Feb. 15. A Message sent by President McKin- J ley to Congress in regard to blowing up of the Maine. April 11. Congress passed resolutions recog nizing independence of Cnba and de manding that' Spain relinquish her J authority. April 20. President issued call for 123,000 volunteers. April 23. T Congress passed resolutions declar- ing that a state of war existed. April I23' Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila. May 1. $ Sampson bombarded the fortifica X tions at San Juan. May 12. Schley sailed with the flying squad ron from Key West. May 13. Schley arrived at Santiago de Cuba. f May 22. Army sailed from Key West for Cuba. June 15. X Landing and battle at Las Guasi- mas. June 20. Y Victorv of El Caney and San Juan hill. July 1-2. 4 Gen. Shafter calls for re-enforce-? merits. July 3. Battle of Santiago.. July 3. Shafter demands surrender of San tiago. July 3. Truce declared. July 12. Articles of capitulation at Santi ago approved. July 10. Surrender of Santiago. July 17. Peace protocol. Aug. 12.' Peace commissioners, sent to Paris. Oct. 1. Evacuation of Puerto Principe and other provinces. Dec. 5. Provisional government proclaimed by Gen. Wood. Oct. 21. Treaty of Paris signed. Dec. 10, 8:43 p. ni. Gen. Garcia died in Washington. Dec. 11. and raised his eyes in eager expecta tion, there in the open doorway stood Helen Atwood in all the beauty or ner young womanhood. He saw a smile of welcome upon her lovely face as she advanced to meet her old friend. Ana there in the deepening shadows of an early twilight the old, old story was once more gone over. "Helen, aaniug. may I take you home with me as my treasured wife?" And as he stooped to hear her softly answered "Yes," he could not but see the love-light in her dear eyes. In the morning a message nasneu over the wires, addressed to Mrs. Cut ter. It read: My wife and I arrive on the 9 o'clock express from Westport. Be prepared to receive us. H. a. wiiiia. And Mrs. Cutter in a graceful manner submitted to the inevitable. Boston Post. EMPRESS1N MARBLE. Memorial Sarcophagus to Be Placed in the Church at Potsdam. The memorable sarcophagus of the late Empress Frederick of Germany, which has been modeled in clay by the celebrated artist, Ueinhold Begas, is now being reproduced in pure white Carrara marble by Sculptor Albert Ge ritz, and will in a few weeks be placed in position within the Friedens kirche at Potsdam. The figure of the empress rests at full length upon the sarcophagus, her head supported by two pillows. The form is enveloped by Greek drapery, the upper part of which only is drawn aside from the head, the face and the bust. The expression of the features, with their half-open lips, vividly recalls :he countenance of the empress to those who knew her. From the Jiead, upon which a diadem shines, the hair is drawn down over the bust. The right arm is extended in repose; the left hand rests over the region of the heart. The front of the sarcophagus carries In bas-relief several emblematical and pictorial designs. In the center is a medallion .containing a Christ head crowned with thorns. The panels on each side and at the ends represent the chief events in the life of the late em press. On one she is represented as a child receiving her first lessons; In an- HOW A VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IS CAUSED. i I WATTKUH, . fNrTO l'NE' tT i. :Mc fluid Zj!i'Jm4 "VJ0 SEMI-FLUID- $ TTpTV: ,5pN tfr ciT lava ' XJ A study of the above picture, reproduced from the New York World, will show bow the molten mass in the mountain's interior met the water, and how the steam generated thereby, following the line of least resistance, blew off the top of the volcano. The cslaniity which has overtaken two islands of the Windward group in the Antilles will unquestionably lead to a fnsh discussion of the causes of volcanic disturbance. As to the extent to which water operates there is some lack of harmony among volcanists. Shaler. Milne and others hold that substance largely, if not entirely, responsible for the trouble. They point to the fact that many volcanoes are situated near the coast of continents or on islands, where leakage from the ocesn may possibly occur. Russell., on the other hand, regards water not as the initial factor, but as an occasional, though important, re-euforcement. He suspects that when the molten rock has risen to a considerable distance it encounters that fluid, perhaps in a succession of pockets, and that steam is then suddenly generated. The explosive effects which ensue are of two kinds. By the expansion of the moisture which some of the lava contains the latter is reduced to a state of powder, and thus originate the euormous clouds of fine dust which are ejected. Shocks of jrreater or less violence are also produced. The less severe ones no doubt sound like the discharge of artillery and give rise to tremors in the imme diate vicinity. In extreme oases enough force is developed to rend the walls of the volcano itself. Kussell attributes the blowing up of Krakatoa to steam. The culminating episode of the Pelee eruption, though not resulting so disas trously to the mountain, would seem to be due to the same immediate cause. To this particular explosion, tco. it seems safe to assign the upheaval which excited a tidal ware. CUBA LIBRE. Spanish control of Cnba finally re- Iinquished. Last troops left Havana: Tenth infantry. U. S. A., took np quarters in city. Dee. 3L ' 1S99. Provisional government by the United States: work of cleaning, ren ovating and restoring oraer. 1900. Ditto, and taking census, prepara tory to' holding elections. 1901. Cuban constitutional convention as sembled. January. Congress passed Piatt resolutions providing for Amer ican suzerainty. March 2. Cuban constitutional convention accepted Piatt resolutions. June 12. Cuban law promulgated by Gov. Gen. Wood and elections held. Dec 3L 1902. Delegates elected at" popular elec tions met and chose Gen. Estrada Palma as first President of the re public of Cuba. Feb. 24. President began preparation for for mally turning over government to Cu bans. March 24. American troops gradually with drawn. March 24 May 19. Fiestas and general celebration all over island. May 1019. Final transfer of government to Cubans. May 20. The Promise. ..ti T-..T..1 C.f Varohv rlift- claims any disposition or intention to T, exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when this is ac complished, to leave the government and control of the island to its peo ple." Section IH., resolutions passed by Congress April 20, 1898. Four years and twenty-two days later the promise was fulfilled. other she is depicted as an art student drawing one of the ancient temples, with the genius of art as her teacher; still others show her engaged in works of charity and benevolence. There are also designs which sym bolize the meeting of wife and husband beyond the grave, where they are join- i ed by the son who preceded them into the other world. A setting sun sug- gests the passage from this life; a rain bow tells of immoatality. The other features of the sarcopha gus, says the Boston Herald, resem ble those of the memorial modeled by the same artist for the late Emperor Frederick. The only Inscription Is one which contains the names and the dates, "1S40-1901." Cure for Faulty Speech. The habit of stammering is one that children easily acquire, but which Is difficult to cure. So great has been the recent increase in this fault or Infirm ity, whichever it may be, in Germany that in the schools throughout the em- pire a special course of instruction has been started for children so afflicted. In Berlin six specialists engaged by the Board of Education devote twelve hours a week to this work. One and a half per cent of all the school children in Germany stutter. As in nearly all cases the difficulty in speaking arises from a peculiar nervous condition and Is not due to any physical malforma tion, the specialists are confident of being able to cure nearly all the cases which they find. The system of cure consists largely in making the child speak slowly, in teaching him how to properly use his lips and tongue In forming words, and in correcting his nervousness. That stammering can be cured has been, re alized since the time that Demosthenes walked by the seashore declaiming with a pebble In his mouth. It is a little singular that the Germans, who have been supposed to be a race rather lacking in nervousness, should sudden ly develop into a nation of stutterers. Perhaps the strenuous life into which the Emperor has plunged the country has been a little to much for its ner vous system. A man never knows how much atten tion he can attract until he comes down street limping. .Hf-jlfS-.m- OF -AVA AND ASME5 MHKH ACTS AS A STOPPER. AND PREVENTS tKUi-i '"I" UN0CR ORDINARY PRESSURE, MT. PELEE, THE DEATH ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE, j Deaolaea by Slave War, Earthquakes and Volcanic Ernptiona. The island of Martinique, the scene of one of the most awful catastrophes known in human annals, was discov ered by Columbus on his fourth voy age, in 1502, and still bears the name. Ulightly modified, which its Carib na tives then called it. In IGSo the French began to colonize it and the same year the city of St. Pierre was founded. Its early growth was rapid, for in 1G57 we rind that It had a population of 5,000. exclusive of the aborigines. Early in the 18th century slave labor was intro duced on the coffee and sugar planta tions and by 1730 there were 72,000 ne groes on the island. On four different occasions during the wars between En gland and France the island was seized by the British, being finally restored to France by the treaty of Paris in 1S14. In 1822 and again in 1833 and 1839 the island was distracted by uprisings among the negro slaves; but the aboli tion of slavery, in 1818, forever put an end to these disturbances. The negroes rapidly increased and at the time of the last census they num bered 150,000 out of a total population of 175,000. Of the remainder 15,000 were Asiatics and 10.000 pure whites. Martinique, which has an area of 380 square miles,. is a beautiful island. It lias, however. Its drawbacks. Among the latter are the deadly snake, the fer-de-lance, the spider, the ant. the trop ical plagues, the hurricane, the earth quake and volcano. So active have been the earthquake and volcano in an cient times that the very island is com posed almost entirely of volcanic ma terial. In modern times seismic dis turbances have been numerous. In 1727 the island was shaken by an earth ouake and in 1767 another seismic con vulsion Is said to have caused the ! deaths of 16.000 people. In 1772 the 1 island's fortifications were thrown i down by an earthquake. The most serious volcanic eruptions recorded in Martinique's history oc curred in 1813. 1817, 1823, 1839 and 1851. In the latter year Mont Pelee belched forth huge volumes of smoke and ashes and the city of St. Pierre i and the surrounding country were cov ered with a deep layer of ashes. . Vege ! tation. wherever these hot ashes fell, was destroyed. New hot springs ! gushed out of the sides of the moun ! tain and the air was heavy with sul MAP SHOWING From New York to Martinique From New York to St. Thomas... From Near York to Havana i m -i?r mgim&mr -. I VJHWsj .. L"'.J? F "- r Jmv. ",-- xrsrrv I am i 1 I IIW ... " r H 1 f-Mll .!sHt m :sS: 1 1 mm .w- si m&3sjc-. jj i ' I " T l - DEALING VOLCANO. -11 . i phur fumes. The agitation ceased, however, without precipitating a trag edy. Of the chief cities of Martinque St. Pierre was the largest and wealthiest, its population exceeding 25,000, while the population of Fort de France, the capital, is iess than 20,000. SCARRED BY VOLCANOES. Island of St. Vincent Bears Evidence of Past Convulsions. The island of St. Vincent, which lies to the south of Martinique, in the "Windward group, bears all over Its face the evidences of the volcanic erup tions which marked its history In past centuries. It has two volcanoes, Morne Garou and La Soufriere, the lat ter of which Is now in active and dis astrous eruption and the former of which manifested its energy with ter rible destructiveness in 1812. From thes? volcanoes, extend great "dry riv ers," as they are called, being the beds of lava streams which at different times spread over the island. In 1718 La Soufriere was in a state of eruption and covered the whole island with ashes. The whole upper part of the cone was blown away. Years afterward the crater filled up and became a lake. In 1812 the volcano of Morne Garou exploded with terrific noise and energy. At the same time an earthquake, prob ably in sympathetic relation, occurred at Caracas, Venezuela, and hurled 10, 000 people. The volcano belched forth torrents of mud and cinders aud the surrounding country was covered with a deposit under which all vegetation perished. For three days, so deep was the darkness, the sun appeared to be in a total eclipse. At the end of the third day flames sprang pyramidicully from the crater, accompanied by terrific thunder and lightning. Eruptive mat ter poured down the sides of the crater, destroying plantations and houses. while showers of cinders and stones at times bombarded the earth, killing ne groes and Carib natives. St. Vincent is a small but very fertile island, its area being 131 square miles Its present population exceeds 50.000, very few of whom are white. Original ly the island belonged to France, but in 1703 it was ceded to England. In 1778 there began a ten years' war with the fierce Caribs, ending with the ban- PROXIMITY OF WINDWARD Miles. 1,829 . 1,428 . 1.227 lshment of nearly all too aborigines to ' the Island of Roatan on tbe Honduras coast, . The planter became very wealthy growing sugax with slave labor, but after the emancipation their wealth was lost, and now moat of the owners of the soil are the descendants of the old slaves, who. with little patches of land, live a happy, contented life. Sugar, ram. cocoa and spices are pro duce-, but the chief product is arrow root, which has finer qualities and more exquisite flavor here than any where else. . A LEISURE-LOVING PEOPLE. Such Were the Inhabitants of the City of St. Pierre. The inhabitants of St, Pierre took life easy. In tbe hurricane months, June, July, August and - September, they left the hot and low-lying city and made their abode on Mont Pelee, where cool breezes made life tolerable. French manners and customs domi nated. Tbe morning breakfast lasting three hours and attended by men and women wearing full dress, was one of the features of the living of the rich and well-to-do. The Garden of Plants, a park of Im mense size, afforded all classes a shady and beautiful retreat from the son's blazing rays, while it also con tained an element of danger the iron lance, a name given to a venomous serpent, whose blte was fatal unless prompt measures were resorted to. In St. Pierre about 1,000 persons were at tacked yearly, of whom 100 lost their lives. These reptiles sought shady spots in the park and on lawns, and any one sitting in the grass was liable to be bitten. All over the island of Martinique the iron lance was in evi dence and dreaded. The color line exists in Martinique, though it is not drawn with the tight ness that it is in the United States. The blacks prevail in the ratio of nine to one, and many of its men and wom en are cultured and good-looking. The island has been noted for thirty years for Its excellent school system. Per haps one in ten of the whites, nearly all French, marry negresses. It is ex tremely rare, however, for a white woman to take a colored husband. Where one so acts, there are a hun dred white men who marry colored women. MAY BURN FOR AGES. Like Vesuvius, Mt. Pelee May Con tinue to Belch Forth Fire. Some people are of the opinion that Mont Pelee will cool off rapidly and again become quiescent, but the best judges believe that it will go on throw ing off fire and lava for a long time. While the violence of the first eruption will, it is thought, subside, the mount ain from a spectacular point of view is stated as likely to continue in active eruption for months, possibly for cen turies. Vesuvius was regarded. as ex tinct, until it suddenly broke out and destroyed Pompeii in A. D. 79, blow ing Its top off as was done by Mont Pe lee, and yet it has continued in more or less active eruption ever since. Sometimes it subsides until nothing but a thin cloud of smoke surrounds the summit, but with the exception of a period of 131 years, between 1500 and 1631, it has never been quite dead since the destruction of Pompeii, which was the first eruption of the mountain of which there is any au thentic record. Its periods of notable activity have been extended over NATIVES OF MAKTINIQUE. weeks and months. The great erup tion of 1808 attracted visitors from all over Europe, and excursions were made up of large parties in England, who traveled to Naples to witness the sight, which was one of surpassing grandeur and magnificence. Similarly, It is believed by some sci entists that now that a new volcano has opened up with a great tragedy, it may become one of the sights of the world, attracting visitors and scientists from New York and from Europe. Seis mic experts and geologists. witU col lege professors and naturalists, would be naturally attracted to such a place from the very beginning, to sudy-oh the spot and place on record their ob servations of an event that will go down in the history of the world's ISLANDS TO CUBA AND From New Orleans to Havana. . From Porto Rico to Martiniqne. From New York to Panama . . . GREAT DISASTERS IN HISTORY. Lives Lost, Feb. 24, 79 Pompeii de stroyed by eruption - of Mount Vesuvius 30,000 1137 Catania, ia Sicily, over turned by earthquake 13,000 1268 Cillcia destroyed by earthquake 00.000 Dec. 5, 1456 Earthquake at Naples 40.000 Feb. 26, 1531 Earthquake at Lisbon 30,000 September, 1693 Earthquake in Sicily buried fifty-four cities and towns and 300 villages; of Catania and its 18,000 inhabitants not a trace remained 100,000 Feb. 2. 1703 Jeddo, Japan, destroyed 200.000 Nov. 30, 1731 Earthquake at Pekin 100.000 Oct 23, 1746 Lima and Callao demolished 18.000 September. 1754 Grand Cairo destroyed 40.000 June 7. 1755 Kascham, Per sia, swallowed up 40,000 Nov. 1, 1755 Great earth quake in Spain and Portu gal; in eight minutes 50,000 inhabitants of Lisbon per ished; cities of Coimbra. Oporto, Brass and St. Cbes wholly overturned. In Spain Malaga reduced to ruins. One-half of Fez. Morocco, de stroyed, more than 12.000 Arabs killed: 2.000 bousts in Island of Maderia de stroyed 100.000 Feb. 4, 1797 Whole cotvn- . try between Santa Ve and Panama destroyed, including City of Quito 40.000 Aug. 10. 1822 Aleppo de stroyed 20.000 May 20. 1830 Canton. China, shaken i May 7. ' 1842 Cape Haytien destroyed C..OO0 5.000 March 2, 1856 Earthquake in Molucca Islands S.000 Dec. 16. 1S57 Calabia. Naples, destroyed 10,000 July 2. 1803 Earthquake partly destroyed Manila.... 1.000 Aug. 31. 1868 Earthquake In Pern and Ecuador 25.000 greatest catastrophies. The spectacu lar aspects of the volcanic eruptions in the Antilles will bring about a rush of visitors to Martinique and St. Viti cent. KRAKATOA. The Greatest Volcanic Explosion in the History of the World. The greatest volcanic explosion in the history of the world, so far as energy Is concerned, and one of the most destructive of human life was that of Krakatoa, on an island In the strait of Sunda, between Java and Su matra. During the month of May, 1883, the volcano of Krakatoa burst into activity, but the great explosion did not come until Aug. 20. Then flames, which were visible at a dis tance of forty miles, shot from the crater. The crashing explosion which followed these flames set Iu motion air waves that traveled around the earth four times one way and three times the other. Every self-recording barometer In the world was disturbed seven times by that blow-up. These waves traveled at the rate of 700 miles an hour. At Borneo, 1,116 miles distant, the noise of th.is eruption was heard. The shock was felt in Burmah. 1,478 miles distant, and at Perth, West Australia. 1,902 miles distant. The Krakatoa ex plosion was heard over a sound zone covering one-thirteenth of the earth's surface. Sea waves were created by the ex plsion which destroyed two lighthouses in the strait of Sunda, all the towns and villages on the shores of Java and Sumatra bordering the strait, all ves sels and shipping there, and 30.SS0 lives in that vicinity. The explosion raised a tidal wave at Merak 135 feet high; covered 500,000 square miles of ocean with lava dust several inches thick; submerged an Island six miles square and 700 feet high In a depth of water of 150 fathoms and created two new islands. Prodigious Force of a Cyclone. Careful estimates of the force of a cyclone and the energy required to keep the full-fledged hurricane in active ope ration reveal the presence of a power that makes the mightiest efforts of man apepar as nothing in comparison. A force fully equal to over 400.000,000 horse power was estimated as devel oped in a West Indian cyclone. This Is about fifteen times the power that can be developed by all the means with in the range of man's capabilities dur ing the same time. A Doubtful Compliment. Old lady, describing a cycling acci dent: " 'E 'elped me hup an' brushed the dust orf on me an' put five shllliu' In my 'and, an' so I says, 'Well, sir, I'm sure you're hactin' like a gentleman,' 1 says, 'though I don't suppose you are one.' I says." Punch. English Novels. One thousand five hundred and thir teen novels were published in England last year. Great opportunities come to those who make good use of small ones. UNITED STATES Miles. 597 450 """"'."""."..".'""."'.""". i.yi f
