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THE NAVAL HEROES OF THE GREAT SANTIAGO BATTLE. DEWEY FIGURES IN IT. Anecdote Showing the Bravery American Seamen in Danger, ’ I C apt Z’ a C oox ’ 4 * C api t Fe & C had ♦ 4 4 * I 4 I I I t I C wt HiCtbiiJjarJ LitfJr-Cori VUÎi/A/lVXÏzGA/r --- ------------------ ■. < (jiodttufPf . . i are also sometimes landed on the Isl TOAD’S INGENIOUS PLAN. and. On the other hand, the winters Fccetlona Hntcuteat loo of an Old Bay are so mild that thunderstorms often Owe« Its “Board and Keep” to the State Odd Fellow. Electric Light Company. ' occur. In fact, most of the thunder The authorities of the Oddfellows of storms In Iceland are In the winter A Kansas City toad owes Its "board Worcester, Mass., are anxious that all months. and keep" to the electric light com local Oddfellows shall l>e buried to pany. An electric arc light hangs at A Tasto of Discipline. gether In the local cemetery, and. as an the corner of Prospect avenue and In inducement, the tomb shown has ix-en The woman who Insists on dragging dependence boulevard, and at night It put up. The monument Is made of her helpless child Into the most crowd slabs of solid granite, and has ix-en pol ed of shops Is abroad In the land this ished. It looks like a stupendous ball year, as usual. I encountered her. or a of stone, and Is the most conspicuous certain variety of her, in the watting object In the cemetery. A large plot room of a big store day before yester of land round alsmt It has tieen pur- day. She wasn't quite the common variety, for her child was not helpless. In fact. It was quite evident that the child had dragged the mother, nnd not the mother the child. She must have been 5 years old, and was so "spoiled” —well, as iny old mammy used to put It, she was spoiled till her presence was really nn offense to tl*e olfactory sense. Siu» wanted something her mother Couldn’t give her, and she pro- ceeded to scream. The mother coaxed. The mother begged. The child scream ed. The child danced with rage, and then she held her breath. The fright ened mother tried to pacify her, and then when tlie child grew purple In the fact» and seemed on the point of choking, the p»x»r woman Itegan to cry. "Oh, what shall I do? What shall I do?” she sobbed. "The doctor told TUK MONt’MKNT. me not to get her Into a tantrum. She'll attracts myriads of flies and bugs. chased by the committee, and the die, I know she will!” Just nt this Juncture an elderly They flutter too near the flame, become Worcester Oddfellows will have their names engraved ou this unique memo woman, with a square chin, stepped tdlnded or alnge their wings and fall to up. She did not say a word. She sim the toad, who sits below tn delightful rial. It appears that some of the members ply reached down, lifted that child, anticipation. He dines slowly, as becoms an epi do not approve of the Idea, as many Inld her across her knee, and gnve her people prefer to be burled with thei( several resounding s|mnks. The as cure, taking al*out an hour for the per families. Some amusemeut was caused tonished child caught her breath In formance. by one of the objecting members sug stantly. She was too surprised to go WORLD’S BLACK DIAMONDS gesting that the memorial should Is* on screaming. She simply stared. The placed over the grave of a doctor who mother lx»gan to say tilings to the el British Isles Supply Nearly 38 Per Cent of All the Coal Mined. died recently, as the ball of stone would derly woman with the square Jaw, but The British Isles congratulate them represent a certain pill which It ap the elderly woman walked calmly pears the physician luul been fond of away. There was the look in her face selves that, in spite of their limited giving to his patients. as of a great desire gratllled.—Wash ington Post. A GRANITE PILL Climate of Iceland. Their Hats Came Off. Iceland Is not by any means so for “I had a bit of fun on Labor Day," bidding a country as Its name Implies; said au English resident of New York. It Is no more a buul of Ice than Green "I was on the big ferry steamer coming land is a land of verdure. It is not ncroas the ten miles wide bay, when I nearly so cold as many places In the said to the crowd on tioard. Take your United States, not to mention the hats of.' ’What for?1 was the reply. Canadian Dominion. The fifty and I laughed, and said, ’See those ships sixty degrees below zero registered ev over there? About three hundred, ery winter In the Northwest Territory nnd Asslnllsda, and even the thlrty- aren’t there? They are» British ships, tlve and forty below experienced in every one. See that little red flag Montana and Northern Dakota, are hanging at the stern of each? Take unheard of In Iceland. Neither la the your hats off to that. Those three hun other extreme of great heat felt, such dred or more flags are Britain honor as these very regions In North Ameri ing your Lalor Day; take off your hats ca endure. No Icelander knows and return the compliment. Where are what a temperature of n hundred tn your manners, anyway? And the hats the shade Is. Títere are no sudden came off." tlu<-tuatlona or great changes; the cli Novel Antiburglar Device. mate Is remarkably equable. a varia THU COMPARATIVE OVTrVT. In a report from Leipsic, Germany, tion of thirty degree«* In a month Is Consul Warner descrlliea a noyel Ger area, they supply 38 per cent of all the probably not on record In the Island. man anti-burglar device. This con coal mined In the world at the present This equableness is due, of course, to sists of flexible safety curtains made time. The United States is not far lie the same cause that produces a similar of hardened tula»« properly connected, hind. however, annually digging from effect In the British Isles—the gulf stream. This great ocean current which are Invulnerable to the ordinary the earth 80 per cent, of the valuable burglar's tools, for the reason that the black diamonds. washes the southern and western shores of Iceland, Insuring a mild win tulies revolve fteely and the centerbit A Hall of Education. ter and a balmy summer. There are or other tool can And no hold. Greater New York is to have a hall glaciers, but they form no Icebergs. Cannot Work In High Altitude. of education. to coat something like The sea around the Island Is never It has lieen found in Switzerland that >500.000. The project has been drag froten, nor indeed Is any floating Ice In building a railway laborers could ging along for nine years. It Is to be seen, save on rar,» occasions off the work only one-third as long at a height used exclusively by the Board of Edu northern coast. Now and then. In of 10,000 feet as a mile lower. cation. which now rents quarters on summer, prolonged Morms will carry the outside from time to time. floating lee across from the Greenland Highest Point for Health. coast, and drive It upon the northern The highest point to which a man Teople are beginning to admit that shore of Iceland, together with cold can ascend without health being se- many men are looking for work who fog and rain. Iu this way polar bears ! rloualv affected is 16,500 feeL | do not want 1L CENTENNIAL OF OUR NAVY. of Ca.pL Lsaiah H. Grant, keeper of tb i United States lighthouse department storehouse ou Central Wharf, recalls un Interesting anecdote that la ¡Htrticu- larly appropriate at this time, and goes to show the stuff of which the Ameri can navy is composed. Captain Grant is a brother of William G. Grant, the keeper of the light ou Matinleus Itock. and of the later tells this story: It was back in 1864, and Commodore Dewey was then executive otiicer on board the United States vessel Color ado. William Grant was a seaman on the some ship, and is naturally well posted as to our gallant commodore's lighting qualities. The Colorado was steaming into Hampton Roads, Va„ towing a large boatload of sailors, re lates the Portland (Me) Express. It was a windy day and the waves were running high. In some manner the l-oat caindzed, and in a moment ev= ery one was struggling In the water. All but one, however, succeeded in get ting on its bottom. One sailor who could not swim sank to the bottom. A boat was at once lowered from the Ool- i oraxlo, William Grant lx.-li;g one of the men assigned to it. The men rowed with a will, and soon - reached the overturned Neat and the I sailors clinging to Its bottom. They j luul so much headway that the boat shot over the place where the unfortu nate went down. Mr. Grant was In the bow keeping a sharp lookout for him wlien he came to the stirfiu-e. As the boat moved along he looked down into the water, which was clear, and plainly saw the man near the surface. Like a flash, he scrambled to the stern of the boaL and, without hesitating a second, dived over tlie coxswain's head for the drowning man. He calculated Just right and In a moment had him by the collar and succeeded In bringing him to the surface. Both men were taken into the boat and after hard work the half-drowned sailor was revived. He owed his life to Mr. Grant’s bravery and prompt action. The next day Dewey, as executive of ficer, called Mr. Grant up on tn the quarterdeck, and before every one thanked him cordially for his bravery In rescuing the sailor. A few years ago when Dewey, then commodore, visited the Maine coast and called upon Mr. Grant at Matlnl- cus, the Incident was recalled, and a long talk was enjoyed by the men. Commodore Dewey recalled the matter instantly and again complimented Mr. Grant. From the First Its History Hua Been One of Brilliancy. The United States navy completed Its I first hundred years of existence on Sat i urday, April 30, 1898. and it is a colncl- I tlence worthy of remark that the een- i tury ended as it began, with a country facing a foreign war. ' As a matter of fact it was the pros pect of trouble with an alien people ihat called the navy Into being. Dur ing the revolution. In which such cap of Valparaiso, fought the Essex ngnfnst two British vessels for two hours and a half, and only surrendered when the frigate was hurnlng under him, and finally, bow when the British Shannon captured the Chesapeake, at the mouth of Boston harbor, James Luwrenee, the American frigate's lion-hearted commander, died at his post shouting which his last breath,“Don’tgive up the ship!” It is a chronicle that will live as long as the language lu which it is written. THE AUTHOR OF “QUO VADIS.” English Writers. STETUEN HECATUR. Who recaptured the PbiladelpliU from Tripoli. tains as John Paul Jones and Esek Hopkins made the patriot cause re doubtable upon the seas, naval affairs were Intrusted to a marine committee. The few public cruisers which remain ed after that costly conflict were sold, and when the Dey of Algiers began to prey upon American commerce, the In fant nation was, for the moment pow erless to protect its own. This led Washington to urge tlie creation of a naval force: Congress In 178-1 voted money to build six frigates, the Consti tution, President, United States. Ches apeake, Constellation and Congress, and on April 30, 1788, the present de partment was formally created. From the first the navy confirmed the wisdom of its creators. Early In 1799, the Constellation—we then had a little misunderstanding with Franco fought and captured the Insurgent in West Indian waters, and late in 1803 a squadron of four vessels was sent to protect American rights and honor in the Mediterranean. The frigate Phila delphia, under Capt. Bainbridge, cap tured a Moorish privateer, but ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli, nnd the officers were made prisoners of war. Stephen Decatur, then a young Sienkiewicz's Method of Work. Sienkiewicz's method of making a book is as follows: He works out a de tailed plan, and writes it down careful ly. He fixes this In his head, and lets It “seethe and ferment” there, as he says. When ready to begin work, he di vides his time, not into days, but weeks. During the first week he produces a certain amount, the second week a sim ilar amount, and so on. week after week. He writes without correction, aiul never copies, producing Just one manuscript—the one which lie sends to the printer. Each week’s work contin ues that of the preceding week. Though the plan of the book Is elaborated care fully in advance, this plan Is not fol lowed strictly; from the “seething and fermenting” In his head changes are suggested to the ailtIvor, and he makes them. He has no secretary, amanuen sis. copyist or assistant. To write such books as he dot's with out copying or correcting, to create works like the trilogy and "Quo Vadis?’ by a series of efforts, each one of which gives a finish«! ¡»art, and each part Ix»- ing a seamless and flawless continua tion of the preceding, till the last, to gether with all tlie others, forms a com plete, unbroken whole, Is perhaps the most amazing tour de force In literary experience. Sienkiewicz employs no mini or woman to help him. He makes all literary resean»hi»s himself; visits and studies tlie places which he needs to see; and when writing in Switzer land. Italy, France, or other countries. tak<»s with him all the books he re quire«*, ami shuts himself In with them during working hours, which for him are from eight or nine till lunch .at one o’clock, and then a couple of hours later on. He never writes after dinner In the evening, ami has so ordered Ills "works and days” that he needs no assistance. —Century. In the Century Jeremiah Curtin, the translator of "Quo Vadis,” has a pa per entitled “An Acquaintance with Sienkiewicz.” Mr. Curtin says: Sien kiewicz expressed himself at some length on English literature and art. I give his own words: "Of English novelists I like Dickens best. Ilfs 'David Copperfield' seems to uie nearer genuine human nature than any other English production of the century. Dickens derived Immense pleasure from the people whom he de scribed; he had a true and vivid ap preciation of unusual characters. In literature Shakspeare stands apart. His knowledge of man seems to me almost superhuman. I am amazed at his in sight and truthful vision, especially when I compare him with other writ ers. Scott had a ;x>wer of narration that was really phenomenal, but there is much in bis novels that is not true; not infrequently he ornamented in his own way—beautified, as he thought. Ills in-count of the chivalry and knight hood of the middle ages does not cor respond at all with reality. Still, he was a wonderful writer, Thackeray was a great novelist, but to me he has always seemed enthralled more or less by society, mastered by it In a degree, hence Injured as an artist. Tennyson used beautiful language, but he was artificial; be was the poet not of hu manity, but of a class, and devotion to a class always enfeebles an author. Of recent Englishmen, Kipling stands alone as a writer of short stories. Du Maurler was very much of an artist by nature. In ’Trilby’ his description of Purlslan artist life is fine; but the book, though entertaining, is too fan tastic; the end »»specially is unreul bo- yond measure, as is, of course, the hypnotism. Rider Haggard I know to the extent of one novel, ‘She,’ which I read in Eastern Africa. Though v»»ry extensive, English literature is weak in one kind of mental creation, in which it is not likely to lx» strengthen- ed—the fable. In this field the Rus sians have surpassed all Europe; their Kryloff is the greatest fabulist of mod ern times.” SPANISH PUNCTILIO. Amusing Phase of Castilian Character Exhibited by u Cabinet Crisis. The Cabinet crisis which took place in Spiuu in 1888 exhibits an amusing phase of Spanish character. The minis terial crisis had existed almost a year, when tlie resignation of the Cabinet took place as the result of a trivial question of military etiquette. The Queen had left Madrid for an excursion to Valencia, which the Minister of Jus tice insisted on her making, according to the published arrangement, lest the postponement should tie..coast rued as a sign of fear of the Zorilllst republi cans, who had convoked a mass meet ing in the same city. The Infanta Isa bel, who was left to represent her, de cided to take a Journey also, and In formed General Martinez Camix>s that her sister, the Infanta Eulalie, would give out the military watchword. The military governor of Madrid replied that the married infanta was not legal ly competent to perform that office, and that it was Impossible, according to military rules, for him to receive the parole from her husband, I*rluce An tonio, Due de Montpeusicr, who was only a captain in rank. The Minister of War, who was not on good terms with the captain general, sent a brusque telegram ordering him to receive the password from the Princess Eulalie, whereupon General Campos offered his resignation. All attempts to settle the quarrel failed, and. as a majority of the Cabinet side»l with the captain general. Genera) Cassola and the ministers who had supportal his view resigned their portfolios. Senor Sagasta handed in the resignation of the entire Cabinet to the Queen Regent, but subsequently, upon the later’s request formed a new ministry. lieutenant, proposed to the commander of the fleet to put a crew on Ixzard a Tripolitan ketch that had Just been captured, enter the harbor at night, and rescue or burn the Philadelphia. This was done on Feb. 16, 1804. The tiny Tripolitan vessel stole quietly to the side of the captured frigate, and De catur and his men recaptured her in ten minutes. But as it was Impossible to move her, she was fired, and Decatur escaped Into tlie open sea without the loss of a man. The navy’s part In the war of 1812 was a glorious one. At the outset of that war Great Britain had 1.048 ships, carrying 27,800 guns and 151,572 offi cers and men. The United States, on the other hand, had but seventeen ships, carrying 442 guns and 5,025 offi cers and men. Y’et at the end of the struggle, which lasted less than three years, the little American navy had for the time swept the British mercantile marine from the seas, capturing up wards of 1,500 vessels, on board of which were more than 20,000 British seamen. This Is a record without parallel, and Wesley’s Sermon. It qui< kens the pulse to rend how in Now and again, no doubt, the text Is Its making the frigate Constitution, everything, the sermon nothing. There commanded in turn by Isaac Hull. Will A Tart Inscription. is am anecdote of a London bishop who, iam Bainbridge and “Old Ironsides” Great Barrington's free public library having read that story of John Wesley Stewart, captured the Guerriere and appears to be under obligations to one cutting out every word of his discourse of her summer residents in the person that Ills servant maid did not under of Justice Gaynor of Brooklyn. It has stand, determined to preach to a coun received a copy of the Bible with the try congregation tlie simplest sermon following inscription on the fly-leaf, he could write. He chose an element signed by Judge Gaynor: “I have vis ary subject and took as his text “The ited many libraries which lacked many f<x4 hat'll said in his heart there 1s no books, but only one library which lack God.” On leaving the church he askisl ed The Book and to that one I send the parish clerk what he thought of this.” the sermon. “Oh. my lord,” said he. "It was very fine—very fine and grand. I've Italians and Military Service. been talking It over with Mr. Beard, Out of every 100 young men called and we said how fine it was But. after out for military service in Italy in 1896, all. we can't l»eip thinking that there 52 were refused for physical unfitness is a God." or other reasons. • Tempers ot Marr'ed Peor-le. A recent Inquiry was made into the tempers of married people. Out of 205 couples who were examined 52 per cent of the wives had good tenux-rs, and only 46 of the husbands were good-humored. Out of tlie ltad-tem- O liver rmr. pered men 32 had good-tempered nnd Th* hero of Lake Erta. 22 bad-tempered wives. Worse than four other British men-of-war; bow in all. 23 per cent of wives were fretful, the battle of Lake Erie Oliver Perry 13 per cent, violent and 6 per ceut compelled the surrender, for the first very masterful. time In history, of an entire British squadron, and Thomas McDonough A Woman's Watch.—Miss Illborn—It r on a victory not less decisive on Ijtke Bwnu to run very well for a day ami Champlain; how captains like Joshua a half, ami then it will not go at all.” Barney and Richard Dale come out Watchmaker—”Yes: ft should he wound successful from a dozen bard-fought occasionally.”—Jeweler’s Weekly. battles, or David Porter, In the harbor "I suppose you are very glad that your husband is entirely cured of his rheumatism?” said a doctor recently to a fashlouable lady of Germantown. "Yes, I suppose I ought to be,” an-,- swered the lady, "but from now on we will have to guess at the weather or buy a barometer if his bones quit ach ing before a damp spell."—Philadelphia Call. Proud father—My daughter strikes B and is reaching for C. Friend—Oh, but you can't really complain until she be gins to strike you for Vs and reach for X's.—Judge. Many a man who has nerve enough, hasn’t money enough.