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• • ’ - / F ■' NAPOLEON’S ORIGINAL PLAN TO INVADE ENGLAND. I ; NAPOLEON’S FLOATING FORTRESS. , j ill 4 f! A German historian now cotnes forward with the remarkable statement that he has discovered Nai«oleon’s original plans for the Invasion of England in th«1 year 1798. Just 100 years ago Napoleon decided to tow an army over to England on great floating forts, with large bodies of troops lined up in battle order. They were then to fight their way ashore and land on the coast without resort to lighters. The troops were to inarch ashore In th«1 order of their regiments, preceded and backed up by artillery. This, the German historlun says, Bonaparte hoped to accom plish in the summer season, when the water was calm and the attending circum stances favored by wind and weather. It will be remembered that Napoleon has often declared that he would hive been as great an udmiral as he was a general with hulf a chance. “But,” he added, "the French are useless as sailors. They are too fussy, too excitable. At sea one needs a calm mind, quk t fortitude and energy.” Bonaparte’s ferries were built in Brest, Cherbourg and Boulogne, but when Napoleon inspected them in the spring of 1708 his fuith in the new-fangled monsters wavered. He abamloped the proposed invasion of England and instead started on the ex pedition to Egypt, from where ho hoped to lie able to rule the Mediterranean. QUEEN AGAINST HER WILL. A Tragic Romance of the South Sea 1 «lands. « (fi The schooner Ocean Spray, Capt. Luttrell commanding, recently arrived at San Francisco from an extended trading cruise In the Southern Pacific. The Captain bore the news of the death of the Queen of the Muna Islands. A stranger story never was told. According to a special dispatch from San Francisco to the New York Herald, many years ago William Young, an English sailor on a little trading schooner that had sailed from an Aus tralian port, wns shipwrecked and <nst ashore on one of the Munn Islands. Long struggling lmd swept away near ly aJl his clothing, but he managed to cling to a pk>ce of tlml>er until with It ; V ♦ [/¡ufi < 7?» ’SS/ZÀV ; Tsi MAHOAIIBT OE MVNA. I Ì i he was thrown up on shore in safety. It was night when he landed on the beach anil rrallzed that he was safe. Then he swooned away. Th«* 1 * next thing he knew he was on a comfortable cot In a native's cabin, nnd around him ■were a nutulwr of dusky barbarians who, unaccustom««! to seeing a man having a white skin, had taken him for a god and w«1«1 entertaining him as Itest they could. In a few days he began to recover sufficiently to appreciate th«1 situation, and It to needless to say that he enjoyed IL Favors of every descrip tion were tieetowed upon him. By the decree of the King a palace was ap point««! for his habitation, anil lier«1 he continued to twelve the attention of the great chiefs of the islands. In a short time la« learn««! tin1 native lan guage and iuventivl many contrlvun««1* to gain and ridaln th«1 bouiag«« of the people. He soon bei’ame a favorlt«1 on ¡the Islands au«l In time l>««ianui strong ly attached to a young sister of th«1 King. Then followed tin1 marring«1 of the go«l and the prltu'css. The union was a hain’.v on«, and In the course of time u daughter was born ami she wns 'luuned Margaret She was a tHMiutlful child, and naturally wns the Idol of her fattwr. He taught her to revul anil write "English, nn«l When sh«> had uttaineil years of lunkvetandlng h«1 m'nt her to a convent school nt Samoa. Margaret pursued her studies In the convent about four years, and during that tint«1 six1 fell In lov«1 with a Land- some young Samoan, who. at the «xnn- pletlon of Iter anurae, begged for an Im mediate marriage. The young lady was agrecabk» to th«1 marriage, but ask««l the privilege of returning to her father at hcr «>kl bom«1 before the cere- iitony sbotiM take place. Th«1 next trad ing v«1«s«'l that salkxl from Samoa cur ried her to h«‘r old home. She had only Nxm there a few w««>ks when th«1 King was taken suddenly ill nn«l shortly afterwards dkxl. When the grief of th«1 tuition luul subsl«led tlie Wise m««« and councillors Iwgun to l«>ok aroutul for a stKxvssor. There were several sons ami daughters of th«1 doc««ts««l monarch living, but according to a peculiar custom of the i««»ple th«1 ehlest nepltew' or nk«v of th«> late ruler succee«h«l to th«1 throne. Margaret was the regular a ml k«g1tlmat«> sui<cessor ac cording to tide rule. Sit«1 was well aware of title, and at th«1 first report of the King's Ulie«« hail ma«!«1 an effort to get away fn>m the Islands, but th,-re was no vesael by which she could es cape. Sb«1 had pntnil*«! her young Sa moan chief that In six months sh«1 would return an«l become his wife. Now her pnuqx'ct» were bl!ght««l. She was a prisoner, altltough an heir to a crown. Alth««ugh a queen, rite knew her life would tut a living <1««uh. The conatWirtk>n of the Islands ovnslst««! in a «xxle of unwritten laws, on«1 of the moat stringent of which was that the Queen coukl never marry or even look upon the fa«1* «rf a man. The pol.-t«1* was on cviuttructrtl that one could no* see lieyond Its walls from within, an«! the royal arten«1snta were all maidens. Every day th«1 wise men an«1 council ion Bought tiw advice of their so ver elgn on bended kms-s with their fore heads upon the ground and a partition shutting off the view of royalty. The rules governing sovereigns were Inex orable. Nothing, even death ltoelf, could change a law. It was to such a life as this the beautiful young Mar garet was doomed. When she was sought to take her place as the sover eign of the people she protested and de- clln«-d the office. But there was no get ting rid of the responsibility. She was Queen by right, and she must.be Queen In fact They brought h«-r against her will into the palace, the inaugural cere monies were performed, and she was Initiated Into the si-eluslon of a palace that In reality was a prison. Although the first lady of the realm, she did not enjoy the privileges or freedom of the meanest slave. It was alwiut three years ago that she became Queen, and since that time one can only fancy the life of sorrow slie must have lived. Only once was she outside the palace walls In those three, years, and that waa to attend the fu neral of her father. • A bamboo box was made In which she was carried to the graveside. The sides of the cage were thickly thatched with palm leaves, preventing her from seeing anything that was going on out side. Near the top of the bamboo struc ture were ventilation openings, but these were so screen««! that she « could not si-e out At the grave she « could hear the clods falling upon the « coffin lid, but could see nothing. She < could hear the moans and walls of ’ the mourners, but received no r«nl sym- pathy. When the grave was closed in she was carried l>ack to her prison and her life of hopeless loixsUness. That was about a y«-ar ago. Some weeks ago the Ocean Spray was driven out of her course and strand««! on the shores of Muna Island. The na tives swarmed around and welcome«! the whites. They told the captain of tlie llln«*ss of their Qneea and h«. knowing something of the circum stances, secured permission for his wife to s««e th«1 Qu«-en. From his wife’s report he concludxxl that the unfortu nate royal prisoner was merely suffer ing from a cokL He prepare«l some medicine for her from his chest am! gave It to tli«1 chiefs, saying that It was only a cold, and If they follow««! bls di rections and gave the intxikdne she would l>e all right. They accept«1«! the medicine with a great show of gratitude, went awny, calle«l a council of chiefs, and after long and careful deliberation «ltwlded that It would be dangerous to give h<r th«1 white man’s medicine. If sh«1 had a cold the proper remedy was on appli cation of heat Th«1 priests built a num ber of fires on the tx-och. Tim Queen was carried out In the bamboo cage, the most ruinous practices In vogue by the farmer ami his family. Impurities about the home bring «lisea.se by filling the air with microbes or disease germs. All lmpuritl«* should be emptied in a ■keg or a barrel that doesn’t leak, and wheeled away and poured on the grass, an«! not in the same place twice. The Itarrel or keg should be cleansed week ly with carbolic acid and lime. Clean liness 1« next to Godlim-ss. It Is next to healthfulness, too. The premises about the house cannot be kept too clean and free of slops, etc. Vermin breed diseases very rapidly and with awful effect Keep the home and all the appurtenances thereof clean and pure, and keep clean yourself.—Prac tical Farmer. AN HISTORIC HOUSE. OLD I1RADLEE nOUSE IM BO8TOW. its wide old kitchen the ringleaders of the Boston tea party disguised them selves as Indians on the evening of Dec. 10, 1773, before going to the wharf where the cargo of tea was thrown into the waters of the harbor. The Old South Church and Faneuil Hall are the only two buildings besides this house now left that sheltered the patriots on that eventful day. Although built In 1771, the house was strong enough to stand together an other 100 years, and It would doubtless have been left ns a landmark were It not for the city’s growth around It. The land comprised in Its site and the yard have risen so much In value that a building productive of proportionate revenue must be put up to meet the in crease in taxes. NEW TRAINING VESSEL. Practice Ship Chesapeake Will Coat to Build $125,000. A fine new training vessel or practice ship for the United States navy Is un der way. She will be called the Chesa peake and will cost to build $125,000. It will be propelled by steam and sail anti will accommodate at once 180 cadets of the naval academy. The Chesapeake Is to be fitted with all the modern appliances for service and comfort and will be constructed entirely of steel, the bottom will be sheathed with yellow pine four Inches in thickness, fro-m keel to two feet two Inches above th«1 water line, and cop pered. The main battery, six four-inch rapid-fire rifles, will l»e on the covered gun deck; four sfx-pounders rapid fir«1 and two one-pounders will be mounteil on the rati and worked from the flush spar deck. A full ship rig will be provided, the lower masts and lower yards to lie of steel, the balance of the spurs to be of spruce or yellow pine. The bulwark North Tarrytown, N. Y„ include« among Its residents a girl who is prob ably the best wing shot of her age ii the world. Her name is Mamie Esthei Hyland, she is just 12 years old, an*, i even now she is the proud possessor of | a record of which many experlenc««! shots would tool proud. Sh«1 began I r nnd «mid the loud walls of the priests ami cries of the assembled people It w as pla««t«l In the center of the circle of fires. Fr«-sh fuel was piled on and the beat ttecame more Intense. The jx«or Qixvn crltsl for help, but no help came. All one night nnd during the «renter part of the next day the cold curing ceremony was kept up, and then all was still within the cagvx Calls to the Queen brought no answer, nnd the chiefs and priests knew that the cure had been a success. Amid shouts of jubilation the box was carried to the palace gate, delivered to the attendants and dragged Into the secludoi Interior. Soon a piercing shriek came from the Queen's apartments, an.l almost Imme diately two ntrtidants ran out scream ing, "The Queen is dead! Site Is dead!” Instantly all was confusion. Toe priests chntM<sl themselves hoarse nnd the p«««ple gave vent to their sorrow In long, loud sot* and walla Several old woman w’erv sent In to Investigate. They am« out shortly b<string the life less body that all might see. The In tense IteM a tai choking smoke had suf focated the unfortunate woman as she tn the etoaed box. plating In connection with the stem ’« «•arrled out to form the bowsprit The total sail area is 1ft,975 square feet, the vessel depending wholly upon the sails for propulsion. The principal «Mntenslona of the ves sels are; length on load water line, 173 feet; breadth on load water line, thirty seven feet: draft, mean. 16 feet 6 Inches; displacement, 1.175 tons. A Very Old Fear Tree. Then1 Is In Mt. Auburn Cemetery, p«*ar th«1 city of Oambrldg«1, a very old pear tre«1 that is believed to have sto««d mon1 than 250 years. Its trunk is nine fe»«t In circumference near the ground, but has for years been hollow, and to protect It from storms a gtvat mass of cement ha* been put In the hollow to give It weight. The tne«1 continues thrifty, and ««ach year pnxluces a crop of p-wr*. I-ast year’s crop was a light one. Thia year’s is much better. Salt anil Health. G. Godfrey GunteL tlie scientist. Is about to publish a b«x>k upon the ef- ferts of salt in the human laxly, Twen- ty years’ study has hM him to believe that diphtheria, apoplexy an«l other «Haenae« are due to a deficiency of aalL -r 7---- $ A «0 Í*NAO» Ail* 1 jxj.i 4.V <OWT« •X f T^1 z - -, f 'N. »/< I .•." Z*L tj .1 «.« r Nt r ■* vl V L>.., J 0 ¿f. ’/7 /ÏÆ I practice with the shotgun when but 1( years old, the weapon she used thei being a double-barreled 44-callber weighing five pounds. With this weap on she roamed through the woods it search of small game, until one daj her father and some friends wer< shooting at clay birds thrown fron traps. Mamie Induced Mr. Hyland tx let her have u trial, when, much to th« ; surprise of everybody, she broke tfcre< ■ out of the five she shot at From thai «time she devoted a great deal of atten ■ tlon to trap shooting. In her first at- ; tempt she killed seven out of nine 11 v< thirds. The shotgun she now use» ,wvighs but six pounds and she uses i • very light load, otherwise the reeoli ! would bruise Iler. As a consequent1« some of the birds she hits are able tx (get out of bounds or away entirely. Mr. Hyland has taught his clevei I daughter many trick shots with th« 'rifle, such as breaking swinging balls ishooting In usual manner, also hold inf , the rifle upside down on top of hei head, shooting from right or left shout der, breaking balls tossed In the air (breaking balls by sighting rifle wltt ¡aid of mirror, splitting a cord, snuffing a candle, holding rifle In various posl tlons and several other difficult shots -On one occasion she broke twenty- three out of twenty-flve glass balls. WILL WED WILHELMINA. Of All Her Suitors the Prince of Wied Is the Favorite. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Is tc marry her cousin, Prince William o! Wied. It is a love match, and, while It does not particularly please the cour tiers and royal match-makers, whe wanted the young Queen to wed sorn« monarch or heir apparent, the geutl« Wilhelmina is happy. Prince William of Wied Is the second son of Prine«1 William Adolphus Maxi milian Charles, whose family domain |ls at Neuweld, Rhenish Prussia. H« was born March 26, 1876, and is there fore In his twenty-third year. As Trine« of Wied he would have attracted littl« WILLIAM OF WIED. NEW PRACTICE SHIP CHESAPEAKE \X X Twelve-Yeur-Old Girl Who Has De feuted Good Markxmen. Building Where the Famous Boston Tea Party Met 123 Year. Ago. The last private house that was di rectly connected with the episode of the Boston tea party In the great strug gle for lllterty has been torn down to make room for a business block. The old Bradlee house, for as such it is known, has stood at the corner of Tre mont and Hollis streets for 127 years, and the land, which when the building was built was a part of a pasture, is to day worth $100,000. The house was one of the most Inter esting historic landmarks In Boston. In MAKING YOUR FORTUNE IN OUR NEW COLONIES. SHE IS A CLEVER WINQ SH®T. attention In European court circles; as the consort of Queen Wilhelmina he will be the first gentleman in the king dom of Holland. Only the Queen her self will take precedence of him, and his place will be beside her nt all court and other official ceremonies. He will share her Income, nnd his children will Inherit her throne. In a word, he will occupy tn Holland the same poslthm that Drlnce Albert occupied In England as consort of Queen Victoria. Queen Wilhelmina has had many suitors. Among them were Prince Louis Napoleon. Prince Bernard Henry of Saxe-Weitnar-Elsenach, whose suit was pressed by Emperor William; Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia. IVtnce Harold of Ik-nmark, l*rlnce Nicholas of Greece, nnd Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, who is n grand son of Queen Victoria. But she dls- missed them nil In favor of young Will- lam of Wied. Suicide. According to statistical returns the suicide rat«<s per annum a million of population have risen «luring the past 30 y««ara from 67 to 86 In England and 40 to 54 in Scotian«!. It Is assert««!, however, that the tendency to conc-al the occurrence of <l«ath by suicide has diminished since Insanity has become mon« wl.lely recognized as a disease« and this leads to the belief that sui cides. on the whole, are not Increasing. Bnown—That's a handsome umbrella you’ve got there, Robinson. “Yes. Brown." “About what do«* it cost to carry an umbrella like thatY’ Robln- son Eternal vigilance. Whatever prevails la called truth—If Impuntir» About the Home. A very «'Id man Is never Mf.sfled un the rula of the majority chonta for an/- The careless disposili of the slot* thing. and debris about the home la on* of til be drives a skltt'-sb colt 'i'-. z u */ ’i" f/ hi /] I ’V- -f ,/, r Engineers list at $100, conductors $90, laborers $1 per day. Agriculturist are, however, most In de mand. The market for ordinary labor Ha Is overstocked, but men with experi ence In managing plantations earn as high as $3,000 a year, while overseers get up to $75 per month. The small farmer is offered superior Inducements. Coffee is now the most promising crop, and from a seventy-five acre plantation —after the fourth year—a return of $10,000 may be counted on. It is use less. however, to enter Into this coffee planting without enough funds to carry the planter till the land yields develop ment Applicants for land must be citizens by birth or naturalization, and pay a fee of $2 on application, and $5 on the Isuance of a lease. They can take up from eight to sixty acres of land, must build a dwelling house, and receive a least« for 999 years, or on appraised val ue can purchase the freehold. The soil Is loose and porous, the cli mate Ideal. All kinds of vegetation can be raised, besides berries, which grow the whole year around. Rice, limes, oranges and pineapples grow freely. The banana trade is a paying feature. In fact the enterprising, painstaking agriculturist can hardly miss it in Hawaii. he industrial prospects of new to $4 per day. T territory which recent events have brought in close relation with the United States—such as waii, Porto Rico and the Philippines— are attracting great attention In this country at the present time. Energetic and enterprising young American clerks, os well as those poorly employ eel or not employed at all, are scanning the outlook with considerable practical anticipation. The field Is worth study ing. Porto Rl<x> leads foremost on the list as opening the greatest Inducements, because the Inhabitants of that beauti ful island desire to become American ized as soon as possible. The extinction of Spanish rule means the rapid en couragement of American Institutions and the general use of the English lan guage. Outside of the few hundred Fr««nch and Spaniards who control the plantations of the Island, every one of the million Inhabitants Is eager to learn the English language, an«l when he catches a wortl or phrase he memorizes it and repeats It promptly to a circle of admiring friends. Th«1 result Is that the principal stores, hotels and business houses now have a sign reading, "English spoken here," and Interpreters are employed at a ' high salary. In fact, business men have1 been willing to pay almost any price for an American clerk or salesman. The demand Is so abnormal, however, that a reaction Is certain to come. The prospective clerk, therefore, should study and analyze the situation before he makes a move. It Is estimated that $150 would be ample for a young man of modest tastes to give his talents a fair show In Porto Rk<o,'leaving enough money for the return trip. In case he found Ponce or Mayagüez not to his liking. The rates to Son Juan and those towns are $65 first class. $35 second class. The consuls are obliging; board relatively cheap; a room costs $10 a month and board about 40 cents per day. Ameri can money doubles the minute the vis itor arrives In I’orto Rico; that Is. the rate of exchange gives $2 Porto Rican money for every American dollar. With a basic knowledge- of Ijitln, an observ ant American can wx>n pick up Span ish. The natural wealth Is there, and the Amerl-ans MH-m the chosen one« to realize on it. The “get-rich-quick" idea will vanish after a few weeks behind a counter in Porto Rico, however. * It Is work, patience and economy that will win the palm there as everywhere else. .Ls to the Philippines, R has been stated that Manila Is hotter than the Klondike. Getting there Is more com fortable. and h«*alth Is offered to the man without health lu addition. If a young man starts out with an appoint ment from a house roady to do busl- ness In the far East, or even with a simple proper indorsement, he can do well. New York traders, especially th«** doing business In hemp, tobacco and sugar, ar«1 looking for a tremen dous development of trade with the Philippines, and say that the opportu nity of a lifetime Is now presenting It self to young men of Integrity and push. There will now be many oppor tunities In Industrif1« that Spain has al ways frown««! upon. The main thing for the proepectlre tourist to consider Is the Initial ex pense. It costs about $4rt) to reach Manila. The t>e«t route Is from San Francisco to Hong Kong ria Yoko hama. The average hotel tariff at Manila Is $2 a day. Hawaii «ran be reached In twelve days from New York, the trip from San Francisco costing $75 on steamer«, half as much on sailing vessels. Clerks at Honolulu earn as high as $125 per month, bookkeepers $150, mechanic« up I I* WELL-BRED INDIAN MAIDENS. Two Cherokee Girls Who Would Beat Home in Society. The average man’s Impression of an Indian woman Is that she is unkempt, of coarse app<-arance. entirely lacking In all that partakes of refinement and generally tending toward still deeper degradation. It is unfortunately too true that the picture will tit too many females of the red-skinned race, but not all by any means. Notable as ex ceptions are the Cherokee women, two fair specimens of whom are pictured. They are Jennie Thomas and Ellen Thomas of Chelsea, I. T. In the Chero kee language their names are respec tively Wish-na-wa-ga and Lok^no-va- la, daughters of two well-to-do mem- l»ers of the prosperous Cherokee tribe. Both the girls are well educated, of more than average good looks, viva cious and generally well-fitted to take / > / -* ’•V’ ili I •] 4 Ok CHKROKKB GIRL*. their place« in polite society. This ther are in no mood to do, preferring tA freedom an«l un«?onveut!onal'tv of ltt\r as they find It in the place of thrtr na tivity. The women of their tribe are alntoM always of fine figure and gra«1*- ful carriage, the only particularly no ticeable feature that perhaps detracts In a measure front their good looks b«1- ln< the high cheek bones that are ap parent in even the sixteenth-blood In dians The voice of the Indian girl K never hearse or coarse, but low and musical. V 11 V J