The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 178, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 26, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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HaV WW I
gaafri l n
aMBH ar I
JERKMIAir.
at
la th WMt. and tbt froas art croak-
ing hoarsely along the lou(b bjr lb
wlllowm. Hut from the mnment that
Jerry cam Id to brine an armful of
wood on night laat winter and linger-
td to announce with an expression f
preternatural solemnity that he ' win
gwlo ter get married ter Miss Sally
Wllltama." I determined id st'end hte
wedding even If I had to foot it all the
way. and that It should lie a success
If one weak woman s will could make
II ao. For Jerry waa more to me than
the ordinary plantation "nigger" who
"toted" In wood
Jerry had told ua that be wai to be
named by "early candle light." ao we
filed a great deal and consequently
arrived t the church unfsihlonahly
early and bad to wait a lung while
befor the reit of the congregation
came atraggllng In.
A ablny black man with a pleaaant
ipresalon. tattered about the legs but
with a festive air about hla coat which
waa black and shiny like hie face lit
one or two bmpa which sbed a fitful
radiance over the acene. Hut no one
eeetned much lntereted In the pro-
ceedlnga until a tall negro who aat
Ml l)M alnger'i bench rolled up hit
wye to that only the wbltea were rla-
and btgan to chant In a kind of
dull monotone which rose higher at
be proceeded until from every pari of
Sweet Hetbel church ahrlll treble and
deep rich bassos joined In. Kver and
UN the melody would die away until
only one dusky brother would he mak-
tag a droning noise like come (rent
laiy bumblebee on n sultry sumrrer
afternoon as he aat with rolling eyes
fjd then It would swell again Into a
perfect rolnau if sound
I waa so Intei i-sted In the musle that
1 almost forgot I was at a w Idlug
Mill suddenly the singers bunt with
great rim Into
TLet yer lamps lie trimmed an' bttrnln'.
When 'hr bridegroom nwi
Let yer lamps I. trlmni .1 an' burnln'
When si mew
An air which does duly for a wedding
march I turned my head in iii
bridal party advancing up I In
Q Boar there was a great fluttering
and turning of beads and the lall gei
tleman with the b'ack coal cried
"Order; let there be order In the j
aJBf" Aid two or three sister rush-
ed from their places in the cnigii
Hon and atalated the bridal part) lo
arrange tbemselrea on the wooden
bench faring us. and carefully pulled
.down the ladle' dresses until not i i
he tip of their toe were vlIMi The
rid was nil In pal blue and ! i
Vfcdln and Tace. and an Illusion v I.
er blush' - i
her dusky locks and bung so far I
fn over her none that xhe had to
vid t.iat he'd had one good time If ho
ever had another A statement which
gooo to prove the wis old saving that
iii'iiiin are deceitful That even-
ing the deep beat of a drum broke upon
the aweet scented atlllneaa aa the bri-
dal party with a drummer at their
bead lustily marched out to view the
country a tlm-hnnord "istoro with
the negroes here which answers la
lira of a hnnevmoon trip and alwaya
follows a fashionable wedding juet aa
the "begging baaket" and the written
Invitation always prerede It. The two
customs nre adapted from those of
their whit friends Only the negroes
are a llltl more honest about solicit-
ing bridal presents than w ar.
I ran stilt tee Rally sweplng hr
gallery wlih a new broom when 1 look
down the road then bright spring
morning and Jerry Informs m dally
that "a.- and Sally ain't quarreled
ylt." so I guess that so far all ha been
gaootfe sailing New Orleans Times-
EXPAXSIOX OP EMPIRE
Ex-Judflc Tree Pictures ther Future Policy of
the United States.- Old Ideas arc
Out of Date
MAO BEEN HELD UP.
Hr IhMu I li t Uurh More Tlisn f
flanaaM i v
It ws quiet at police bejdquattcr
one night but week The tap'aln In
charge of the desk had unmnscloualy
doted away In hit chair ami the Jiller fac lo face with new questions In r
Ex-Judg- Ijiroliert Tre. Democrat
student of affairs and former minister
to Kussla. Is outspoken In behalf of an
overturning of the traditional "tao'a-
llon" policy of the I'nlted State. H
bllvrt that Dewey's victory has
thrown Into the hand of this rountrv
an opportunity which should not be
overlooked to extend Ita commercial
and maritime power Asked what he
considered were aome of th mare lm.
portant questions thus for i. .geeted
by th war. Sir. Tre said to a Chicago
peper:
"The Ionic of th war shleh rrqulr
Ih eiure of Manila and Puerto Hbo
will be apt to bring the I'nlted Sta'ei
sit bolt upright on the railing around
the reporter' dn. say the Knnn
' t'lty TlnieB. He was sound asleep wl n
hla keys thrown carelessly arros hla
i knees Even the iporters bad lost
track of what waa going on and w re
dreaming of troop and such thine.
I when the door waa thrust iddctity
open and a drunken man of some to
iiununir entered. Ih attain' feet
came down from the radiator with a
bang; the Jailer's key rattled a sum
j sign that lie ns no longer ssleip. IH
reporter iiikoiisi li.usly reached for
their pencil. "Captain. I've le. n held
up" the man said. In alcoholic tones
"Who held you up''" the captain askel
as he leai he.t for a pen "A policeman
clr: right here In front of the door.
He bMt all my money and eerythlng
he I I k'"-l hl li:ltllx oil " Til"
captain took the man' name and
railed an ajpjgf Co with this fallow
and gag If he tells the truth." (lie cap-
tain i aid to the oftber 'Ob no U t'a
don't do lh.1t I ain't been hebl up: I'm
Just sl ji. i fi si'. .ill I H int Mime
ii..e to aleep." Krery one hrcnthed
lasirr. The captain's feet went In. k
to the radhtor; the Jailer's keys found
l heir way bark across hi knees and
the reporters pill back their pen Us.
"That fellow tan'l much more tlfin
hold himrel' up." the captain raid as
quiet returned wqy.
FA.lMINil A9 A PROFESSION.
up like a belligerent
ettlng ready to hook.
out of her eyes. The
f I her hajB
wj-'iaBs. r
B- J-'
P" l"l KIMII . DRIDB
aL
i
Mvho wor a yellow dra3
bad mitrh th" tmt aa-
uavi nrvrr arfn mirn n
f z mlaAM at iwwta larri-
C --'7 i "
tt I. k.ine k- ki.1 lw.l. .l
long He nt with hu
hla blue tie and hi
hand resting on bit
ke singer sang on lust-
tbem win foolish
.rldegroom come."
' ""hung open and hi sm.ill
aVyaa were fixed on vacancy
t calcb hla eye and ami
Bgly. but It waa In vain; foi he
' Olnd and deaf lo all earlh'.y
"I'Vben the ceremony beg in
Bt "I Mr. Jeremiah Tayl r.
4Ua Sally William" after
T.who whs ...
at he quite overawed no
JJtoounded hoarse with di
H'a
rj iad lieen pronoum e n r.
rl Jerry af'er a great deal
gas t. .. . . .
n. nu aiuiru nia unite n
ortr rusheii Bp i p. i k rd
Kg groom and groomsman
and we rbook hand
as If
( a party of lepers and
ta. sat down axstn
brothers pi1lte1y nnd
u rake anl wine No
nrcn waa fm gut ten or
gmallest Utile African
k of c il(e. nnd I could
pci fi t order that
There !e no Interest Involving no
much no Ijiir.lPf r- of mtch magnitude
and no prcfersinn of such Importance
tli.n h is ' ;i nil' i'le . d as th..t of
the farmer. Agriculture b one of the
moat vl'.illy Important cee iputlonn of
the day. but fur some alrange reason
haa until re.cnlly been thrust aside
nnd lis beat development has been re-
tardrl y ihe apathy of scientists nnd
Inveftlgiiiors who have not reallxol
that nrcn the product of tie pall ibo
m-oieiliy of tjeewrhtr) dependa.
Ijxcliiaiti
- r mj . i Ma lieeu e'ev-
100 "no i h t.iore attention and It Is to
I e hoi i .1 'Iri! ill future it will assume
It rlghtfnl place among the art and
I srlenrea. When the farming commun
ity prospers the whole country does
well C.ood price fr wheat corn and
caM' ir.ein a free circulation of money
and plenty of bualr.ena for merchant
nnd mtihaolc alike. When the farm-
i r get no'hlng for hi crop the coun-
try storekeeper find hard lines In hi
lmlrev All Industrie langnUh for
at the fountain had there is no rtipply
It Is one of ihe fundamental rule of
eviatenre that the earth must bring
foi lb her lnen asc When imturil law
Is Ignor- d r violated the cnnequne.
e rntinnt but ! dlaastrou Mi n
build fuctorles. es'nbllsh wurelioimee.
BORdajg) stores ;ind follow professlona
to obtain the neicrsniy f i m kI to sustain
life. A large portion of this food must
come from the hin ds of the farmer and
to him the whole world lonka for an
abundant supply.
I'.'rpilng hH never received Ihe at-
tention from 'duration that it deserve.
It Is not too much to M)M that when
relenre and art have completed soma
of the i'lidies which thev have begun
this trust Important branch nf humm
affntrti will rise in the dignity of
burned proferslun Hnd that the farm-
er will as a natural consequence he-
gard to the future policy which ought
to control the government fn It Inter-
national relation. It I easy to under
stand now the atatesmcn who were i
guiding thu step of the republic in the
infancy of It experimental iilrtinre.
when It had acareely three millions of
Inhabitants waa substantially without
an army nr navy or the me.ins of pro-
curing either and whnr-1 chief Inter-
est and ambition wa In be let nlone
to develop own Internal renourees
and solidify Ita own f d ral system
of government shonSI -Tenuously in
sli-t upon II nvolding any line nf hi-
Hon which might by any possibility
bring It Into contentions beyond the
continent on which It had estahllahe I
ltef. Moat of the disputes betwe. n
nations at that perl -d concerned dy-
nastlr rmbltlon In which thl country
imuIiI havi no possible Interest aside
from the fact that our fehlenes us
a power of the world admonished us
to keep clear of them whatever mlsht
b their purpose
Anirrlru I'mi lis IUI.1 li....1.
"Hut time have changed nin-i!.r-ably
now. We hate passed the
period of babyhood as a i .Mlon and
find ourselves r.rown to lie a great com-
mercial power with a population of
more than seventy million engaged
In ull the pur ulis Incident to a pro-
gr'alve nnd aggrrslve people Our
manifold Interest reach out nnd touch
every portion of the Inhabited globe.
The rules laid down for the guidance
I nf the sparsely aettled. little experl-
I mental republic of a hundred yenra agn
In It International relations scarcely
fit the powerful nation of t:;day. and
j a strict adhesion to them -ms near
In being fetish worship. Whatever ar-
guments may be a lv.it! . I f.y those
who look with apprehension upon the
establishment of new outposts by the
I'lilled States In order to secure their
share if Ihe witrf1 eoasenerre.' It will
be found In i lie end that the country
will be romp'-lied to obey the Uw of
It destiny a a great ronirn' rclnl nnd
maritime power. If not today then
tomorti w fhlna. with her four hun-
dred million of people and vast re-
sources la aoon to be awakened from
her Nlumber of centuries Hallway
j will penetrate the heart of the empire
and ships will fill hr navigable rlvera
I to engage In trade with her. The
! I'nlted fltatea. whose western frontier
la bordered by Ihe aame ocean which
washes China' shores and whose shlpn
sail directly out of our port Into
(1 tin' must hae an equal ehan e
j loabare in China' trade with Kuropean
. natlona. whose shores know no other
ocean than th faraav Atlantic
i Kven now the trade of this country
I through the open treaty port of China
I Is many million of dollars greater
than that of the combined countries
of continental Kurope. and is only c-
icrdcd by that of Ureal Hritaln. The
vessel also which navigate Chines
waters and fly the American flng out -number
by thousand thOM of all Ku-
rope. (Ireat Hritaln excepted. Yet we
hnve recently seen inaugurated a move-
ment by certain continental powers by
the seliure. more or less violent of
' ludlng h'tn frm rharlng In Ihe lne-
flt of th Asalic trade a th same
power have already prolkibly done In
Africa. Knglund excepted who. to her
everlasting credit lie It said la alwaya
In favor of ripen and unrestricted trade
If to Bsaiire i nd protect our trade with
China a foothold on that side of ihe
world la n '."sry. then we must have
It rot what It will.
r..rrr.l Into r aiih Bpuln.
"We are at the preient lime engagi I
In a war with Spa:n it rut a war
of our makin;. It ha been brewing
for tbrre-quxrter of a century. We
i have been forced luto It in order to
i a'late .in Intolerable nubance In our
neighborhood .inn to prevent wora
ronsequi tn I We have been forced
Into It by Ihr conduct of Spain herself
and she muM pay the cost. The I'hll-
Ippln Island.' are lll.ely to be one of
the rniirrra of our Indemnity If we
choose lo acep Cicm. Wlun rtpaln
emerge from thl war It will probably
phere of operation by the I'nlte4
Stataa and think tha government un-
dr whUh are are ruled doe not ftmlt l
of anything approaching a colonial
system. I am. however one of thoaa
who have faith both In The capacity of
the American people aid uf their gov
ernment to control regulate and gov-
ern any mlor'ea In any part of tha
world which they may find It necca-
sary to their Interest to eatabllib. A
free ronitltntlor.al government where
the pre la untrammeled. education I
free religious teats are forbidden and
Intelligence la widespread la tha beat
government lo Inaure safe. Juat. and
prosprrnni colonial entablUhtnenta.
Such n grnernm nt is the I'nlted Sta'es
and such Is tint of (ireat Hritaln.
Dewey by hl brilliant victory haa
almost la the twinkling of an eye.
opened to n the opportunity for a
foothold In the Fast. The discussion
a to whether we should avail our-
reive of it should real not upon
whether the Americana and their gov
eminent would be tilde to manage and
govern th Pbllippln lilanda sure
fully but whether any government e
tahllshed by any other people could dc.
-o. for th" American aud their gov
ernment sre impe'ent to ndmlnlitei
any roluny that auy other pe;iple oi
governmnt could.
"To adhere to old traditions which
no longer hf a ralron d t ire h Hour-
honlsm purr nnd simple. That I what
Is the 1'ia't. r v it h Spain lodity.
Ilrurllls uf MM Mar.
"II i not likely that war will cease
to break out from lime to time. Tha
Interval uf peace which thl country
COMMODORE WATSON.!
ONI
OF THE YOUNGEST MEN
IN THE NAVY.
Was n Mli jhMl rarvaa-al la
Ike Sul mt Ih lUllle at BlablU limy
ni.. ."-I ii. i in X oo i bat
Imrrplil ri(btr.
"'' St" ' ' S i i "T r' 1-n
: t- - 7- . V "'. . v
OMMODORE
John Crittenden
Watson In point of
year la one of the
youngest comman-
der In the I'nlted
States navy.
He. like Dewey
longed for th a
and when a boy of
II years entered
the naval academy
t Annapoll Klnre that time he haa
bawl in actual service and during the
civil war wa with Karragut and at the
fnmon battle on Mobile bay. when the
latter waa laihed to the mat of bt
veel. Watson doing the laihing.
Commodore Watson was horn In
Frankfort. Ky In 142 and hi early
education waa obtained in the public
school there. He completed a four-
year ni! at Annapolla with honora
and Immediately started on a cruise
around the world. He wa algnrd to
duty on Admiral Karragut' ship at the
beginning of the civil war and served
with him throughout the entire period
of hostilities He was n great favorite
with that officer and was also with him
on hia cruise around the world after
the clone of the war. He I a grandson
of John J. Crittenden author of the fa-
mou Crittenden compromise bill for-
a iubiobT mini mrraiDB thi wau 101 sw utak porto mro.
be aa IrapoMlbte for her to rtsln sov-
ereignty ow the I'hlllppln a It
would he to retain sway over Cuba. inc tin
Th ja1otiitr existing between Ku-
ropean power seem to preclude the
idea of their paastrg under the flag of
either of them writ limit exciting a con-
flict eten if we were illspi I lo .- '!
them. The I'nlted .States therefore
will most likely have the problem pre-
sented to It of deciding whether it
should make a new IgftftaM in Ita
foreign policy with reference to tha
acquiring of territory In Asiatic water.
It t not difficult to foresee that atirh
a question ill exebe profound diciu.
I lon in thl country between thoe who
! believe that we should adhere to the
I restricted tiollry marked out in the be-
ginning of the republic and those who
believe that the time ha arrived for
broader foreign relation which will
make us a more Influential factor In
the control and dlvlalon of the world
rommTre.
"Any one who ha at all note! the
progress of events must perceive that
great changi have taken place In the
character of our government since Its
foundation little more than a century
ago. The civil war decided the dl-
puti.l question as to whether our sy-
tem wus a voluntary bond between
stahes to be ditermlned nt any mo-
ment that elih-r of tlu-i thniight prop-
er to withdraw from It. or whether It
wa an lndlsoluhl union which could
ha enjoyed alnce the ajgg of the civil
war is the longest which ha happened
declaration of Independence i
nnd our situation now shows the necea-
ally of b' lng prepun l for war at any
mom nt. I regard th" present war a
fraught with ninny blraalng. It uni-
fies t''e country by giving MM South
the opportunity to prove her loyalty to
the Hug nn opportunity which she
engerly onibrai e. It will create a sen-
timent In frvrr of a strong navy which
la Indispen able in these day to the
security nf a grcnt maritime and com-
mercial power like Ihe I'nltiM States;
for It Is sea power wh.'h iummanils
the who! some resprct of nation to
day. It will prove that the Islnnd of
Cuba dlr.'itly or Indirectly. a a ea-
i sentlal lo the peace ml tafety of the
I'nlted Slntea as the control of a large
Island at the mnu'h of ihe Thames
would be to England or one at the
month of the Heine would he to France.
Uiok liack over the diplomatic hlatory
of tbl country for seventy. five years
; nnd you will find thai one of It moat
j Interesting chapter relate to Cuba
You will find that during nil of that
period Culm h; s l en a constant source
; of anvl' ty to it lt It might through
j European Intrigues rr upheavali. pan
Into other hand than thus of Spain.
More than NMa the i'nlted States has
been brought face to fare In hostile at-
titude. Prst v.'lth one power and then
With another because they coveted IM
only be teimlnated by a majority of I ownership. In ihe hands of strong
all of tre people of all of the state
and we MM out of that war a nation
'pellet! i.lth a big N. as much so as the
people of Ureal Hritaln or of Franc.
power It would be an unendurable men-
are to us. War with Spain sooner or
later was inevitable. In no ether way
would she have ever relinquished her
aeveral Important porta nf China' for '""'l '0''rr' legislation the .led
the iindouiited pitrpo c of controlling
nnd monopolizing the trade there in
the exclusion of other nntlon. The
11 breaking Into the Flowery King
dntn wa a case of flat burglary. No
wonder these same powers after all
1 the pain they have taken contemplate
i with consternation ami undisguised
come rail of UN must Important and ! Jealnuy the event which haa traus-
under their ytm. Since then the sovereignly oyer Cuba Fortunately It
haa com In such shape as to make It
a holy war "
highly etluiuled member of Ihe
'ttslrlal ;-rmy
In-
i
-inf!k
It
tfte i vnriisttin -fJi" 1
1. . "!.
gajal tin- OMasy
'l' i in in kf"tlcneii who wera
touring In Ireland aat. one morciug. at
the hit gl fist table Alien liny niillil
leok OW BBOg i hotel garden. In
ajhlah was a tiHivrr patah. Call-
ing the .Iter one of them said "Pat.
can't ive h.vc Millie of those nice
ftiah irawberrles for local fast f
"Shun you i in. sir." The wnlter
went out and presently returned
(I'm Fgf sum. but the sthruwber-
llts are nil gieeu. sir." "Oh. the
color makes no diiferenee gi" Hld
one of the Americana; "In fad. that
the color we expect d to find everything
tner here " Yonder Statesman.
plnd at Manila. In which an American
officer of the name of Dewey plnved n
part. Can It be possible Dial the de-
tested Yankee Is going to put bis hand
In lite game ami spoil the plan of ex-
Ion nf the hlrheat Judicial tribunal
In the land the settlement of delicate
nnd In'rlcale questions nrlsln-: with
other nation In consequence nf the
expansion of our commerce the re-
spnnslhllitles created and even th
Jealousl excited by our growing Im-
portance all tend to the solidifying of
power In the central government for
the protection of the rights nod happi-
ness of th Amtrlean people.
"There nre manv people. It Is true
who regard with ncrv-ni apprehension
any movement looking to n wl.l r
Alu mini. oi. Mines for I n ih. Ilimrs
Ituaaia has tried experiments with
aluminium shoes for cavalry horses. A
few horses In the Finland Dragoon
were shod with one aluminium shoe
ami three iron shot eat h the former
. 1 1 1 '. ' . f ' 'i in ome cases
nnd mi the I. ii I foot In others. The
experiment I.I -tct Rig Week and
showed that the aluminium shoe bat-
ed lunger and picscrved the foot better
than Hie In n ones.
. -vrtTtiG. ""
.a th
vio.U'' Sn'
.-hlng Aftr all
in had Uti served the
5.
apt her hymn romtnenc-
y nt and ending with a
'Ktind dark flashing - i i
n eaiures dld away on
'lh we iiirned our fire
innlerry with the look
'" Imprlnteil nn
he Sid
Faat vi
years my ini- Urhlaon fJlob
1) i .if v. ii in I . i tllr .r
m rd to allow her lo lake a coitaa
nt Ihe seashore gnd he has . fused
mm h to kn mlghbors' Imllgnatlnn.
Thl raar he haa conaented and. to hlo
surprise the neighbors are abusing
him more than ever. They say that h
wauls her to go to the seashore so thut
sin may he blown up by a Spanish
uaishlp.
a
It
ikers t.f Mt. lert. I a....
taie.l 'tin 'h' it aie substai
' per ons speaking to
Ii q-.tlali) one or another of the rhlet
ma ern languages and of these about
-i per i en or I mill olio persons
speak Kugllah. About KO.Ot)0000 apeak
Husslnti i.'. i tin nan liermun r.r. iMsi imki
Fi ein h I M ..i n .h 1 . isNJ.IMsa
Italian ami IJ i.uuu I'ortttguvae
In all count t te more marriage- take
place lo June than in an other month.
"is
SaJf-f-BK
wSPy AT LANTi c
s '(1-: vv.i f
I ' s ! 1 J
CARIBBEAN . --v":
SEA
JtLrn aaaaaj ewixrc ;
( MM I OUi; HHIN C W V I SON
mer attorney-general of the I'nlted
State anil u number of term I'nlted
State senator from Kentucky ami a
lu-plii w of t;. n Thomas I. ami (ieorge
II. Crlttmden. both of whom disting-
uished ihemselvcs during lh civil w ir.
( ommodore Wntsun mnrrleil a
daughter of Judge Thornton nf San
I't m 1 1 in d n i two -.in- F.dw ird
II Wa'non. Ihe ebler. la an ensign on
biaid the Dot roil at present with
Snn.pnifs flet. and Thornton Is. who
recently celebrated hi 21st birthday
hi at the front with the Seventh caval-
ry. Commodore Watson Is a man of won-
derful discipline and la exceptionally
quit I and reserved. He has never been
known to fall In nny undertaking
planned by htm. When appointed to
hi present command he wt governor
i f the nuvnl home at Philadelphia
where he had teen detailed for three
ye.it s
MOTHER OF FITZHUCH LEE.
MAP MKeWim PA88AOI TO THE PROI'ftaKO NCBohaJV C V.N A I
Oats MU.hli.il ... Hrlle 4i.l Kllll MM
at llrr VOjBgYjt
llllml ami almost helpless a a baby
tin mother of lien Fltzhugh LM Uvea
with lor on Daniel niur Fretlericka-
hurg. Va. Though neurly MI year
old she I still bright ami chmful
Muiiouh'li d by it set ml iiits who fairly
Idolize lor she Ih i.ipldi. tii.itlng the
tla. li river fe.uless all I villi childlike
i olilliletn f ei itiillidf itln r. lit lrge
Mason whs .i prominent statesman In
the t arty day of the republic nnd took
port in framing the Attn i Pan consti-
tution III third son. John lnh ilf d
BgWaMorahM property In Virginia. In-
t lulling Analost .ii ialand to wlil. h
plate he brought a lovely Maryland
bride whose family name v. a Miin.iy.
Tin youngest child of this couple waa
Anna M in i who was brought up on
the outskirts of Wasblngti ti In her
youth she was known it "beiutiful
Nunnle Mason of the Island At Ar-
lington sh flrnt nut Mgajt Sydney
Smith Lie. C H. Y In. it'ii i of Ko!i
ert H. 'I his meeting n ultul in court-
ship and marrliik' Heii Jonph K.
Juhnsnll being one of the itioonismeti.
foriralta taken In thus.- early day
show the bride pj have Hi a lovely
piquant fate with rosy cliceiis brown
eyes and t Inslerlng brown t urls. The
rovjii couple raaidad for bom time in
Washington where Mis L e't l.eauly.
Tll and vlJaclly madf hei tin admir-
ation and center of a choice social cir-
cle. At their country kOaM (JJ( nnont
MM Alex unlrln on Ihe IMIi of No-
vember. IK3S their ajag MM waa
ansa Hill liannu IllznUVh. lirilT U
1 beloved friend Mis. Fltlhugh of Hav-
M VOrtk Five other sons were born
to t tie- zi. and nil grew lo matihi oil and
I were gallant sailor ami iioldler ditr-
I Inr Ihe civil ar. When that struggle
ommenred Capl. Ie n aimed from
tin navy and like his famous luoiher
Offered hla sword to his native iate.
I Mr. I.tt- went with him lo It!' I.mond.
k .iv lug all Inr property In the hand
Of the enemy. N'c r IkMtlthtMl theHe
four year of horror and carnage did
Mrs. Irc' coinage give way. though
her husband sons and many relatives
wire at the front. At the close of
hostilities site returned with her fam-
ily to a EOantrj place lii Stafford coiin-
ty Virginia where her hualmnd died
soon after Mrs. I.ee spent manv vears
In Hie quiet dignity of widowhood at
old Hit liiii'itul on ih" P.itiimuc When
her son Fllzhugh. kaMtM governor
of Virginia aha made her home with
him lu Hit hniotnl. and once more be-t.-.me
n pbarM lu lUM-lety. She wai
ever kafdll) Inletevted In the political
lsu of the tiny mt unfortun ii Iv
severe cold BtttlOd on her eyes After
I Inlensj- siiffnii v. borne wllh her usual
fortilllda sht submitted to a painful
opirntlon which however falbd to
give relief. nd the lieeame totally
blind
A MIGHTY FORI BL
Wit Vutaalaan aaat NsgaUrs Omr Armmj
BMggwe TkH Ureal HrUatWa.
With tb 12S.000 volunteer and tha
l.000 regulara. according to tha term
of the army reorganization bill tha
I'nlted State haa armed and equipped
a larger army than Oreat Britain by
England active rtny is lata
than 160.000 si mug. America's posi-
tion among the powera of tha earth
when she haa finished with Spain will
lie similar to her fine stale at tha cloa
of the civil war aod for several year
after. Any European power or powera
who want to Intervene with Ihe Idea of
putting pressure upon the I'nlted Stataa
In thl llltl difficulty with Spain would
better do so before this war ta over.
Afterward we will be In the pink of
condition to take care of old world
meddlers.
With Ihe regular establishment re-
mitted up to the full of Its newly au-
thorized strength and with the volun-
teers In the field the combined army
Is larger by S.nOO than the total rolun-
teera and mllltla In service July 1.
I SCI . two months and a half after
Sumter surrendered. It Is almost aa
large aa the army of the I'otomar In the-
spring nf last when McClellan began
the Peninsular campaign
When the civil war opened Ihe reg-
ular army waa 14.000 strong. At no
time in the war did Its strength ag-
reed yn.ooo
Divided according to Ihe arms of the
service the volunteers will make a
splendid army of m ono Infantrymen
a brigade of R.ftiM cavalrymen and an-
other nf S..1O0 light artillerymen. And
another of I.'hhi heavy artillerymen la
the regulars over half of the (l.OtW
are Infantry so of foot soldiers wa
have altogether nearly UuioOO Thla
Is almost as many as the total number
of soldiers who fought nn both side of
the three-day battle of Oetlyahurg If
we should have to put another army In
the field. Spain by studying our his-
tory a little may he sure that we can
do It quickly. After the disasters on
'he Peninsula of Hot! over HOishi troop
were enlisted organized armed equip-
ped and sent Into the field In less than
a month Sixty thousand troops re-
peatedly went Into Ihe field In the war
wllhln four weeks. Within twenty
days the states of nhlo. Indiana tlll-
iiols. Iowa ami Wlsmnsin sent to the
front MJMO Infantry America can re-
peat these achievements. If necessary.
A STURDY LITTLE SHIP.
The recent departure of the Wlnd-
rird 'i n Ragland fr AmotIm bring
i f-u tin t.t i v-n men'
r il.'t ' .in i I I I r'urdy llttleshlp ha
i nured the polar MM In no fewer than
thir'y seasons ami. althongh exposed
on many occasions to severe Ice pres-
sure has always given a good account
'f herself anil safely made home Orig-
inally a sailing ship she had ihe dlav
tlaetloa of being one of the first whal-
ers to lie fitted up with steam In
April. UN th- Windward waa sold
to i' plain Wlggln. of Sllierla fame
but. a oionth later while he waa un-
dergoing a thorough overhaul for tha
new trade in whbh she waa to l en
gaged she v as purchased by (be pr i-
mnters of the Jackson-Harmswnrth el-
pedltion. whose aim was to rearh the
north pole by the northwest passage
anil on their way. to search for tha
missing members of the Htrjorllng par-
ty. In the beginning of lN the Wind-
ward went to London for a fresh sup-
pit of provisions and. returning to
Franz Josef land In June of th- same
year bad the honor of conveying threo
months later Nansen and hla fellow-
adienturer to their home In Norway.
Since Mr Harmswiirth l ought her for
the work uf Ins expedition she haa
forced her way through nearly I.lsfsi
mlba of formidable ! psrks Itself a
it.iird of considerable Inteiest. To
the Wtndwatd will belong the honor of
having proved the navigability of
C--TSL-
C"apsitaajiS
THE WIMiWAKIl
Franz JOOtl load sea the two ships
Who bail privliiiisly made that remote
irrblpetago win- both lol on Its In-
hospitable shores. It was a very
graceful act on the pi.rt of Mr. Alfred
HnrniKworth to make . clear prevent
of thl ship to I Untenant IVary th
American explorer.
Therm.. meter for Wl rlmell.
From the New York Timet: You
may enrry your own thermometer now
and It will only cost yon '.'.'t cent to
buy the iHirtnhle kind They are
round about us Int ;. unarter. Bnd
have a sthk pin t ha ack. wllh
which to nati ii i hi in Tha utile glass
tube containing Ik mercury Is colled
Hie serpent with thi hall In th
center This I n great scheme for
the feminine cyclist. Wllh a little
scientific i ah ulatlon she will he able
10 determine at what degree nf heat
Inr fm .. ' .in nnli. inning red and
then she has only to watch her ther-
mometer to see when that degree has
been n a. li.il when he can dlB-
mnitiu ami ego) off.
i MM
"I may be detained t the cloh
late this evening. Maria" remarked
I of soiunwli.il mtivlvlal habits
is he put on his hat to go downtown
afltf dinner f am not here by II
o'clock don't sit up waiting for me."
"I won't Jnmcs." replied hi wife. "If
you are not here by II o'clock I shall
put on my wrap and go nfter you."
James was at home at II.
feBjBtaa Winiiii lie n nir.i.
"Yllr" i .ml KriistiiH I'lnkb'V. "when
I gne to lie Wllh I won t lie llll IIWlll-
11 II V ofl I II he l leg llll bird." "MlM
: tub PtSklty." repiuided Mis Mlaial
Hrown Is win usln' slang or Is I
I'ndersian' dat ynu' gwlntrr Jlnc la
flTln' aquadrnn?'
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