i wjtuur to oouiuiltf
. 4Atped hor hand and trlnti
"' I nitiili) tint iuu 'iwa'y k,. 1
hut B
I uold not nay, dmr heart. Man
n b'uti,n. 11. A.
-Knthltwu Kavanugh in New (loans Pint,
THE SMUG G I
Ell
In 18114, whon 1 wus yet ttyounpfnter
; before the wiiHt, I took atitito Tain
poo in u little trading Bfiluimer culled
Mm Elk, cotrimiimtal by a jflly nkiptwr
from Florida, one Nat Manin, a dark
dkinnud Spanish ereolo, tho, "for
Hlinrt," was always called byjite friends
"Nig." The twhoonor generjlly carried
out hor dry goods and provisions on her
ownor'B account, but 1 alwiys had an
idea that she "tunned" mon than her
register niadi; her responsibly for.
We were only nine dayB n our run
from New York out to thi mouth of
Tampico river, and about njon on the
tenth day we stretched in oior the bar
with a leading wind that mld easily
have can-led us with a Howitg sheet up
to the town, which was nearly twelve'
miles above; but, for ruasonAest known
to himself, the ceqitaiu anchored as soon
as we passed the fort and rajindud Point
Tampico. just above and ouiof the teeth
of itM guns. ' j
The revenue boat from khe guarda
costa came on board bet'oie our wiils
were furled, and tile onstoili bouse offi
eersoverhauled our piipersand manifest
Tliey seemed a little suspicious, and one
of the officers was left 4u board to
watch us. while the reBt went on board
their own craft, which lay ioarly half a
mile farther down the river, under the
guns of the fort. ,'j
As soon as dinner was rftady the cap
tain invited the revenue oSicer down in
the cabin to dine with him, and as they
went below the fornior winked his huge,
laughing bine eyes at the mate, and I
knew well there was fun iu the wind,
As snon as the captain and Mexican
had got below, the mate slipjied into the
small bout uud soulled ashore. In the
meantime, s J . could tell by the lively
voii:n lii the" cabin that the officer and
captaiu were getting along very well to
gether, and once in awhile the tinkle of
meeting glasses and a jolly song spoke
of a "spirit potential" that was playing
upon the hearts and aunutts of both par
ties. At last, a little utter dark, with a real
come on deck, tbejskippor and lh:
watcher. Both wle decidedly and
equivocally drnnkf if one might judge
from their walk find eon vernation: bnt 1
could see at a siligle glance that the cap
tain was shamuiiug, although the "spir
itual reality" wU visible in the Mexi
can. He seeded, however, tu retain
some notions of; his duty and to know
that, as night was over us, if we intended
to smugglo it jVvas neocBsary for liim to
keep his eyes cjpon. So he seated him
self on the tail ail with an air of drunken
dignity, and ma he bummed a Spanish
barcaarolle, kojjit watch over the move
luents of the criiw about the dock, glanc
ing now and tlieVi up and down the still
river. J
As the uight advanced 1 saw that Cap
tain Martin begluu to look uneasy and
anxious, althotigjh he pretended to be
even more drunjk than hip guest and
py. )
At last, when ft wus near midnight,
the Mexican bocafaue less frequent in his
snatches of song, And the "liquor drowse"
teemed to be cuniLig over him.
Captain Martin iiow lay down beside
the Mexican and piVtamlodjo fall wtou
sound sleep, uttestiiuVtuo same by a long,
loud and regular injuring. This threw
the Mexican compjWly off his guard,
and wrapping f Mi watch coat closer
around him ho ilowed suit, and then
the
twain mWfi to be trying whii
(l snore Momlest.
hich
could
When
hen tr Jfmur Mexicana had got
fairly iindt.
lightly tr(
ward took
and held!
Presently! i
'udway the captain arose
ic deck, and passing tor
lantern from the binnacle
ir a minute over the bows.
suw several dark objects
from under the shadow of
l in u few moments more
,ive canoes were alongside
file that boarded us was
lie merchant, whom l well
coming iw
the lanti i
six large
' us. (i
Inthr',
knew (ff belong to one of 'the tlrst houses
in Taiffpieo. The boat vauie noiselessly
aloneSide and their crew crept stealthily
pard. Without a sound the hatches
are raised and package after package
rich dry goods was passed up from
e hold and over the side into the boats
" ' iuv ' fed rascals,
' '"HI lop'
of eight instantly, 1,.. t .
oonld hear him splashing ud gui v.,,
in the water and trying to shout. Then
all was still again. We knew not
whether he had snnk or gained the
shore, nor. to tell the truth, did we care
much. ,
Boar a hand, boys!" said the cap
tain; "tumble in these pstckagos: get
the rest of the goods into the boats and
lot them get ashore. If that dago has
not drank too much water, he may give
as some trouble about this matter yet."
In a few moments the last package to
be smuggled was passed into the hoab).
the "patron" who had made the purchase
counted out the pay in dou bloom, the
canoes pushed off and soon vanished lip
the ri ver. In a few moments our batches
were replaced, the deck cleared up as be
fore and the crew retired to their berths
with orders to be sound usleep and not
to wake up on any account.
All this was scarcely arranged, when
the dash of ours coming hastily up the
river wus heard, and in another moment
an armed boat from the guarda costa
was alongside. At the first sound of the
approuching boat Captain Martin had
laid down where be first pretended to
go to sloop and he was now snoring
louder than ever. Even the curses.
many, loud uud deep, of the Mexicans
failed-to arouse him from his deep slum
ber.
The officer who had been thrown over
board, still dripping from his involun
tary bath, rushed aft. and with no gen
tle means tiled to arouse the sleeper.
At last he yuwnod and scratched his
head and coolly asked what was the
matter and what was wanted. Then
came a scone!
All the Mexicans, cursing and swear
ing and threatening and carradooing at
once, pointing to the officer who had
been taking a midnight Bwnn all alone
to himself, who. with a voice louder
than all the rest, swore that he would
Inure drownud if 8t. Antonio hadnt
made the sentinel hear his voice aboard
the guurda costa and caused tbem to
send him a boat.
The captain could not be made tp un
derstand what was the matter, and when
he was charged with having thrown the
revenue officer overboard and with hav
ing smuggled boats alongside, he raised
his hands in holy horror toward the stars
and indignantly replied:
"It's all a contrived lie. Why," said
he to. the other officers of the guarda
cofili. "that gentleman dined with iei
we drank pretty freely, and then came
up from the cabin, when both of us lay
down here to sleep. 1 did not wake up
until now: he must have been dreaming
and have fallen overboard in his sleep!
You all saw that I was sound asleep
when you came aboard, how then could
I have thrown him overboard? The idea
is absurd, nonsensical, the whole Btory
improbable yes, impossible see, my
hatches are all battened down, just as
they were whon you were on board
when I came in from sea today; noth
ing has been moved: my crew are all
asleep. He must have been dreaming,
and while he dreamed of smugglers and
the like of such he must have fallen
overboard. He knows very well that he
was 'as drank as a lord.'"
The story of the captain was well con
ceived, and told with bettor effect among
all the revenue officers, save the victim
himself, who called upon every saint in
the calendar to come down and swear
that his story was true. But the perfect
order and quietude of our vessel: the
orewall sound asleep: the baUilwjjrttLsr ??ftuM
battanod down, inst -asthW S?e"iniSaTth-b,!
battened down just airthW Were in the
morning: the honest indignation of our
sleepy captain, and the acknowledg
ment of the victim that he had been
very drunk, compared badly with his
own story, and the yarn of Captaiu Mar
tin wus believed. The soaked official
was taken back to his own vessel, to be
tried and puuished for sleeping on his
watch, while another officer was left iu
his place to keep us from smuggling.
When daylight came we weighed an
chor aud sailed up to the town, where
we honestly discharged the cargo per
manifest, paying honorably all charges
and duties thereon. Ned Buntline in
New York News.
The Way to Save.
"The way to get rich is to save money
by regular system," said the president
of a savings hank to the writer. "One
of our depositors early in the existence
of this institution was a newsboy. vHe
sold papers uu Pennsylvania avenue.
Every day he came in and deposited
twoj-Hfs(ioonts. He uever missed a
daj'.J 'Jr. 'je bank was open, uuf after
awhilr Jl accumulated over a! thou
Nind " &. He drew out the od&h aud
- of I ' with it.Jirrte
eve ,
JeaK
princ.
not on,i
'vy
THE NEW COIOTKM) OF WARWICK.
bnt alw in the leatawhip of English fash
ion. It is difficult to know which of these
two things affects more strongly the prin-
CfBfl. ,
Then, too, Lady Brooke is a very bril
liant woman. Her conversation is of the
most HparkliDg brilliancy, and besides this
it is marked by a freedom from conven
tionality which horrifies the somewhat
straitlaeed princess, who has inherited
all the love of etiquette of her mother, old
Queen Louise of Denmark.
The Prince of wales is most easily bored.
The one thing of which he stands in the
greatest dread is ennui, and if there is
any one person more than another in Eng
land who is capable of driving dullness
away it is the beautiful and witty Countess
of Warwick.
The Prince of Wales has, during his mar
ried life of over a quarter of a century, had
many of those flirtations which the French
bo appropriately term aventures, and on
one memorable occasion he has even been
brought into court as the corespondent in a
divorce case. Notwithstanding this, and
notwithstanding the ngraocyof his liai
sons both in England and on the conti
nent, the princess has never condescended
to manifest any signs of jealousy until the
Countess of Warwick appeared upon the
scene.
Should the queen die at the present mo
ment aDd the prince ascend his mother's
throne there is no doubt that the Countess
of Warwick would become quite as impor
tant ftud as-uiilttenUal a. ttrwnapc in tap
ing the will of the mouarch and the desti
nies of the nation as were the Marchioness
Cunningham in the case of King George
IV and the Duchess of Portsmouth in the
case of King Charles II.
The friendship between the Prince of
Wales uud the Countess of Warwick dates
from the period of her marriage in 1881.
The latter took place in Westminster abbey
and was the only ceremony of the kind in
which a sou of the queeu has acted the part
of best man to a commoner, for such the
present Earl of Warwick was at the time.
The prince who ofliciated in this capacity
was the youngest brother of. the Prince oi
Wales, the late Duke of Albany, who was
mentioned at one moment prior to her mar
riage as likely to become the Lady France
Evelyn's husband.
The Prince of Wales likewise atteuded
the marriage and was the first of all present
to sign the register. It was a very notable
function, for the bride was at the time the
greatest heiress in London, having inher
ited the whole of the fortune of hereuor
moUBly wealthy father, the Hon. Colonel
Maynard, whose widow subsequently mar
ried the late Eavl of Rossi y 11.
Almost immediately after her marriage
thf couutttMHjffiry Brooke, as she was
gan to assume a very prominent
place among the leaders of society, and es
pecially of that particular circle of theljon
dou great world which is known as the
Marlborough House set, the que object of
whose members is to urn use the prince, that
constituting their particular form or loy
alty. The new countess is far more beautiful
than even the bust of tier photographs make
her appear. Her friends say that they have
never yet seen a portrait that did her jus
tice. With her wealt h of chest nut brown
bair, her violet blue eyes and her exquisite
complexion, she has always seemed the per
fection of fresh, delicate aud lilylike Eng
lish loveliness. Iu oue thing, however, she
Is entirely un-English, and that is in her
taste for dress. There are few women in
London whose toilets are more perfect in
every way and more in harmony with their
wearer than t hose of the Countess of War
wick. She is one of the best whips in Eng
land and drives a four-in-hand, handling
the ribbons iu a delightful manner.
Good With Fork, Goonet Etc
Sage and ouiou sauce gives the finishing
touch to goose, aud nut infrequently it is
liked with pork. Here Is a liuipe for it:
Fry together for about a quarter of au
hour, or till soft, 8 or 8 chopp! uttMMfo
and 8 ounces of butter (or lijssof ,ch
fled dripping), then season "wit h '
and sail and a teaspoonftil of tin'1'
' ' dd 1 .ounces white '
gShe is ddttiTiy b
0 !orently constitnted. V
st, as a rule, hold ju
comparatively few of his t
admitted, act on principle
Woman is monogamous; !
fact male ftnimals general ,
amous. Monogamy is but a
for constancy, as polygamy
etancy.
Whatever man may assv
not believe that women, g.
unstable. His attitude ant1
duct toward them demonstr,
such waB his conviction, he,
marry; he would not jeoj
honor, his peace of mind, h.,
self love. Marriage would, '
cease to be a custom; for ma?
ciety, civilization, depend absol
woman's fidelity to the mati
bond, not as a theory alone, b
sacred truth. Man thinks, with it
that some, perhaps many, womt
disloyal. But it always seems to
prise him; it is different from his e: t
tation, otherwise he would not rait,
such a clamor about it The incon
stancy of women generally is a con
scious and shallow pretest, more so to
day than ever. Nature, society, science,
law, men, all demand the exact con
trary, and their demand is fully met
Junius Henri Browne in Ladies1 Home
Journal.
Indians Going to Market.
A remarkable sight is a band of Cana
dian Indians going to a post with furs
for barter. Though the bulk of these
hunters fetch their quarry in the spring
and early summer, some may come at
any time. The procession may be only
that of a family or of the two or more
families that live together or as neigh
bors. The man, if there is but one
group, is certain to be stalking ahead,
carrying nothing but his gun. Then
come the women, laden like packhorses.
They may hafe a sled packed with the
furs and drawn by a dog or two, and an
extra dog may bear a balanced load on
his back, but the squaw is certain to
have a spine warping burden of meat
and a battered kettle and a papoose, and
whatever personal property of any and
every sort she and her liege lord own
Children who can walk have to do so,
but it suinetiinus.' happens that a baby a
year and a half or two years old is on
her back, while a newborn infant, swad
dled in blanket stuff and bagged and
tied like a Bologna sauBage, surmounts
the load on the fcled.
A more tattenlcmajion outfit than a
band of these pauj)enzed savages form
it would be difficult to imagine. On the
plains they will have horses dragging
travoises, dogs with travoises, women
and children loaded with impedimenta,
a colt or two running Ioobo, the lordly
men riding free, straggling curs a-plenty,
babies in arms, babies swaddled, aud
toddlers afoot, and the whole battalion
presenting at its exposed points exhibits
of torn blankets, raw meat, distorted
pots and pans. tent, poles and rusty
traps, in all eloquently suggestive of an
eviction in the slums of a great city.
Julian Ualph in Harper's.
The Sloaimbip of the Future.
As to the size of the steamship of the
future, finaucjaL
termine it. Any addition to size means
greater displacement and greater power
to get a high rata of speed. A small
craft, similar perhaps to a torpedo boat
of the Thoruycrot't or Yarrow- build,
would give results satisfactory at least
on the debit side of the ledger. But what
of the credit side, which, after all, is the
more important in a merchant ship of
the Atlantic greyhound type?
In the en of British ships there are
only two sources of revenue from pas
sengers and for the transport of cargo
and mails. In a vessel of the torpedo
type there is not room for either. So
also with 'high speed cruisers, where a
very large proportion of the length, in
some cases 4ii per cent., is given up for
machinery. Indeed, only iu exceptional
cases could a cruiser caiTy fuel to cross
the Atlantic at full speed, aud certainly
no torpedo boat would essay to do so.
In the modern high speed passenger
steamer the cargo t;upacity of the vv
is limited, and so valuable t'1"'
precious cargo is currie'3
pretty high rat, 'i"
itation is thp
tluieoal '
turnv
to obt
York a
converse
ments, at
Nosooofc.
however, th.
must knowm, fcmttheV -he
had talkec" jpening the (U
therefore, he th ast his head in anu
"I beg your pardon, Mr, Hayes, but w
you mind telling me of what you 1
president? New York Herald, j
An Artilleryman In Skirts. "
The village of Southall was the seen
curious incident the other day. A y-
artilleryman who had exceeded, his 1
and had been classed as a deserter, ha .
been arrested, was being conveyed nnd
escort to the railway station en route to the
military depot, when he suddenly bolted
and quickly disappeared. For upward of
an hour the sergeant and two privates
scoured the neighborhood in search of their
prisoner, but all in vain, and were making
their way back to the station, when their
attention was directed to what was appar
ently a closely veiled remale of remarkaol
fine figure who was hurrying along a sut
distance ahead of them. The suspicion' .
the sergeant were at once aroused, and 1
dering biff men tO""double" the escort a
prised the "hdy" as she waB about to r
a meadow leading into the open cr
The sergeant unceremonioHf1" tMl
veil, beneath which be disco ;
ticipatcd, the face of the di .
Mall Budget
Facts About Caves
Caveshave in all ages of ti
cited the awe und admiration o
and have been the centers arov
cluster many queer legends and
tions. They were the abodes of
and the nymphs of Roman mytho
in Greece they were the early U.
Pan, Bacchus, Pluto and themoce
were also the places where famoi
were delivered.
Their names not unfrecjaently :
survivalof some superetitibue F
earlier world, for example, t'
"Dragon's" and "Devil's" 01
so numerous all ovr
perstition remi1'"
than anyftt-.
Men," which f0nA
Jtthitth'e forests,
calittes still beueven toe
"cave elf s." Phil Alelphi)
Starving ami T
A young English girl
undesirable amount of
succeeded in ridding
amount of ft without
by following the regiiB
began 'by getting u
mornvhg and taking
fore faeukfiist
weatPj. 0
of coir ,
of dry '
as b1 :
breau
meal.
walk
dry
red' )