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MERCURY: DALLAS, TEXAS, OCT. 30.
(He Rshennan of Naples.
By ALEXANDRE DPHAflL
CHAPTER VIIL
RSTSLATIOir.
When the daughter of tha Duko of Afcos
recovered and n« that Uasaniollo had left
the cablu, iha undantood that tho young
man had vesolvod to mako tho sacrifico of
her lows. She had wep,t at his knees, had
owned her affoction, and yet ho had remained
inflexible. The prido, therefore, of tho noblo
Spaniard suddenly overcamo her despair.
Sho roso up haughtily, imposed, with a ges-
ture, silence on Jeanne, who was attempting
to console tier, and, to the great satisfaction
9i Damo Cedrilla, left the cabin.
TV hen she arrived in Naples tho streets
wero empty. AH thoso who usually lilted
tfeem at that hour hr l yono to tho catacombs.
Isabella hurried through tho city, and was
soon iu tho sumptuous apartments into
which Inez bad recoivod orders to admit no
one.
"Oh, ITeavenl señora, whoro can you have
been to at this hour if said Inez.
"Silencol" replied Daine Pudrilla.
Then, approaching Isabella, who had just
fallen with a sigh luto a chair, sho said:
"I felicitate you, ray child, on tho step you
havo taken. Follow my advice, uud go and
find tho viceroy. Acquaint Irim with tho
project of this miserable fisherman, so that
Erompt measures may bo taken for arresting
im and all tho wretches of his kind."
"What do you say?" cried tho young clrl,
starting up, and burning with Indignation.
"I say," stammered tho duenna, "that this
Thomas Anlello ought to be hanged immedi-
ately, with all his accomplices."
"Miserable creature I" shrlokod Isabella,
with a furious burst of passion. "Out of
my sight, and let mo not soo your faco
again I"
The duenna hung her lioad and loft tho
room.
As soon as she was alono with Inez, Isa-
bella burst into tears, and related to her all
that had taken placo in the flshormau's
cabin.
This was not tho first timo that Isabella had
made a confldanto of Inez, and tbo sparkling
soubrette was far from disapproving her
mistress' intention to sco Musauiollo once
more.
"Rotiro, sonora, to rest," said sho, "for a
few hours, i will awako you at «lay break,
and we will go together to tbo cabin on tho
Mergellina."
Tho first rays of tho next day's sun had
Sparcolv kissed the waters of tho sparkling
bay, when tho two young girls woro to bo seen
walking uloug tho beach in tho direction of
MasanielloV dwelling. But what wob their
surprise on beholding an immense crowd as-
sembled round the cabin I All thoso who1, had
taken tjie oath at the catacombs the night
beforo had uír.cndy arrived, and woro impa-
tiently waiting for their young louder.
Isabella ami fcioz traversed.thoso groups of
men, who wero clofliecl in ragsj and whoso
looks wero somber and suspicious.
Tho viceroy's daughter guessed too woll
the c.iüso of tho,tumultuous assemblage. Sho
entered tho cabin, aud fouüd ¡Jeanno alono
wjt¡Ti Piotj'o.
► Is
Isabella rail and embraced tho young flsher-
man's sister, audbeggedTtorgivenoss for tho
mannor in whiph sho left her'tho ovaning bo-
foru; then, looking at her uneasily, she trem-
blingly murmured t
"Whore is"ho, Jeanne?"
Before Pilbrojs aillnnced could answer, n
loud, joyous clamor was Jieard outside, and
tho afrrang with eriesof "Masaniello! Masá-
rtelo I
. It «as tho voting fisherman, who had Just
rcttirnod from Vesuvius with the artist.
"&e, Jeanno," said Isabella, "go nnd tell
him '.that 1 imploro him to seo mo ouco
agiiin."
Jeunpo obeml. Bnt when sho approached
her brother, and whispered something iu bis
car, ho started, and mado a violent 'movo-
menfc, oxnressivo of refusal.
Tho" vrcoroy's daughter saw tho gosturo
and shuddered.
"Salvator, my friend," Bald Mnsaniello to
tl!o artist, "go back, I bog of you, with
Jcaiuio; she.will tako you to a person whoso
tears'*hato already mado wo waver. Sho is
a Spaniard. Vou must mako hor understand
that I' rail uolther sixjuk to uér seo her now."
The artist followed ^oaflno to tho cabin,
anjl Masaniello, turning to 'tlio crowd, ex-
ciiiimfed}
"Evfcrything is ready; Wo aro provided
wftíi arms."
^.iAVhere aro they?" was hoard on overy
sido. ^
"At tho gate of tho Marina, hidden in
threo cart loads of straw, which aro under
tho caro of sonio of CorcolU's mon, disguised
as pensante."
"Urnvol" cried all tho conspirators.
"And now," continued Masaniello, "listen
to my lust wlors."
All \vero instantly silent,
"Divide yoursehres into two parts. „ Tho
first will reaialn, unarmed, under my'com-
mand; tho othor will proceed to tho gato of
thó Marina, whoro Hm men who form it will
receivo partisans, blunderbusses aud mus-
kets. Keep your arms'us sccrot as possible;
utter no cries, but wait for tho signal, and
enter tho cily tho moment you hoar tho tocsin
of tho cathedral sound."
* "We will ol y you," cried thoy all.
"I namo Salvator Rosa, whom you all
know, leader of this division."
, "Bravo I bravo I"
"lxmg live our'leadorl"
"Long livo Halvntor llosa I"
At this instant tbo artist'rojoincd Masa*
niello.
'.•Brother," said ho, in a k>w volco, "whero
dul you make tho acquaintance of this youug
girl)"
"Here, on tho boach."
"Do you know hor familyl*
"No."
"Has sho never spoken of her father to
yoüf1' -
"Hor father is a captain in tho Spanish
army."
"You have.been decoivod."
"What do I heart"
"1 say tKat sho lias ileoolvod yon; her name
la Isabella iVArcos, and her fathor is vlooroy
of Naples."
Masaniello started like n wounded tiger.
t "Viceroy of Naples 1" exclaimed ho.
"I imi sure of It," roplied the artist. "She
did iitW recognizo me, although I havo of ton
worked at tiie frescoes of the Vicaria. Hor
presence herjs must bo owing to somo deep
design. Masaniello, beware I"
"Great cried Masaniello', "my head
burns. She, the daughter of the despot, iu
my.oabin I I understood all now; she doubt-
less camo faera ara spy." .
"Masanléllo, iWoaltn."
"I wiüj' said the fisherman
"I think," added Salvator, "that yon ought
to go and speak tó her. If there is treachory
tho can bo detained as a hostage. But, in
this case, there must be no mercy, no weók-
I wouM pl^ck out my heart sooner than
for MssanlsTlo, be cboee a lieutenant and
ordered him to take his men and await his
arrival on the road leading to Portico. This
dona, he burriod to the cabin. He entered
with a fiery eye and a beating hoart. Having
waved to Jeanne, Inez and the «muggier to
retire, be folded his arms on his breast and
cast a withering look on the daughter of the
viceroy. The unhappy girl let fall her eye
before the irritated countenance of the fish-
erman, who cried out In a vtíico of thunder:
"Isabella d'Arcos, what do you want here!"
Had a thunderbolt tallen on tho poor girl's
head it could not have produced a more ter-
rible effect; she clasped a chair, in ordor not
to fall, and murmured, in a stifled voice:
"Pity! Masaniello, pity i Obi who could
have acquainted you with a seeret which you
ought still to l>o ignorant off"
"So you own itl You do not seek to de-
ceive mo any longer. I have no time to lose,
therefore, I again call ou you, Isabella
d'Areos, tbo daughter of tho viceroy of Na-
ples, of the tyrant of my country, to tell mo
what you want hero, in tho abode of the man
of tho jjeople, by whom your father is ub-
borredf'
"Mu*ani<llo, speak not thus to me; you
kill me with terror. Alasl I came to try
onco more to save you."
"Itisfnlsel What interest can you take
in my safety*"
"Oh, heavonl how can he ask mol"
These last words wero pronounced with so
true an accent of despair and real griet that
Masaniello felt his heart tremble aud his
anger yield.
•'Oh," murmured ho, "do not still hope to
deceive mo. Your conduct is beyond excuse.
It is Impossible that you, tho daughter of him
who represents the king of Spain, could over
havo luvod tho poor fisherman of the Mcrgel-
llnal"
" Masaniello I"
"No, no!" continued tlm young man, "you
merely camo to troublo my happiness, or
from idlo curiosity; and may heaven grant
that It wus not for a worse purpose 1"
"What do you mean, Masaniello?" asked
Isabella, trembling.
"0!i 11 know, señora, what your justifica-
tion will be. But if a sentiment of filial lovo
excuses you in your own eyes; if, in order to
save tho viceroy from tbo dungers which sur-
round lilin, you had recourse to stratagem,
you might at least havo spa red my heart, ami
not lent your own to falsehood, in order to
obtain my confidence."
Isabella listened to him with a starting eye
and a faco as pale as death.
"This Idea is not your own, Masaniello!"
cried sho. "Confess itl' It has been sug-
gested to you by somo ono elso—by a person
who cannot judgo our acquaintance prop-
erty, and who calumniates mo without
knowing mo."
"It I true," said Masaniello.
"Who is this person?"
"lie whom I just now sent to you, and who
recognized your person."
Tho viceroy's daughter placed her hand on
her heurt, aud uttered a sigh, ns if sho had
just been relieved of an enormous weight.
"Oh I" said she, "I should havo despised
you, if I had found you capablo of entertain-
ing such an Ignoble suspicion, i can under-
stand that tho rovelatlo'n of my rank and
birth confused your head, and made my con-
duct" appear unaccountable. Ono word will
suillco to enlighten you on everything. As I
could not descend to you, I hod formed tho
project of raising you high enough to present
you, somo day, (b my father r.nd to say to
him: 'This is tho man I love I'"
"IsabellaI—no morel" fcxclaiined the fish-
erman, with the greatest anguish.
"Nay," nuswergd.sho, "let mo justify my-
self, for ypu havo accused me. Such was my
dream, then. You possess nil that is neces-
sary to riso rapidly to a brilliant position.
Yesterday "you talked to mo of honor, and
said you would not betray tho causo of tho
people. Is it batraying tho cause of tho
peoplo to approach him whom you blame,
and to gain, by,reasoning, that which an Ml
advised revolt will forever placo beyond your
reach-? Tho viceroy would yield to persua-
sion; but ho will chastise violence. Oh I I
implore you, do not let mo 'havo the sorrow
to seo you'treated like n criminal; you whoso
lifo might bo s.o brilliant., you foi- wnom I
had conceived such boumlliss'hopes"
"Mad mid chimerical hopes!" interrupted
Masaniello, led away, far an instant, by tho
mlragoof ambition which Isabella had bold
before his eyes, but who quickly recovered
all his fiery energy on thinking of tho wrongs
of the jieoplo, and of tho poniards blessed by
Bom *raneesco.
"Th3n 3'óu are still bont on this revolt!"
said Isabella.
"Yes."
"And you renounce my lovo?"
"Sonera, Don Juan Fernandez cast anehor
in tho bay yesterday. Ilo has como from
Spain on purposo to marry tho viceroy's
daughter."
"But I hato him—and will newer bo his!"
"Whatl sonora," said tho fisherman, his
faco radiant with joy, "will you refuse thft
alliance?"
"Yes," murmured sho, in the mid^t of hor
nolis, "I will refuso it: for it is you alotio,
Masaniello, that I love. Olí I yiold to my Mi-
treaties. Yieldl I imploro joul"
"It, is impossible. Wero I to betray tho
causo of tUo people I should bo-forever cursed
lioth ip heaven and on earth."
"But I havo just told you of a better way
to servo tho causo of th-.< people!"
"IlluMohl, Wero I even'to obtain the posi-
tion your drenins havo placed mo in, Aliould
become oourupted, like tl|0 rest, and practice
perfidy as they do. No I no 1 I wall remain
MasaHiello, tho fisherman, and hasten to tbo
combat."
"Orncious heaven 1 You aro hurrying to
your destruction."
"What matters? When tyrants vanquish,
tho scaffold thoy rniso becomes a throuo of
martyrdom for tho vanquished."
"Masaniello I Masaniello I has everything
ceased, then, between us!"
' Yus, señora. The daughter of tho viceroy
and tho fisherman of tho Mergellina must
forgot jvwt days My heart will bleed in
consequence. It is with sorrow and regret
that 1 tear in twain this page t>f my lift. But
tho sujToring jieoplo exjiect fheir deliverance
from me. Adieu! I ain.heucofortk unknown
to youl"
show any," sold Masaniello, pressing the
artist's hand.
Salvator Row pat .hiifcself at the head of
his division and morad toward the placa
what* the arms war* to.be distributed. As
CHAPTER Ht
THE TOCSIN.
Pietro accompanied Masaniello* somo dis-
tance along tho road leading to the place
whero his men wor« waiting far him. '
"Will," said the youug fisherman, "sineo
you wish to bo •useful, tako your affianced
with you to the Abbey of Santa Chiarn,
which I havo supplied with fish, fbr tho .last
two years, and tho atibess, of which will not
refuso to tako my6isterin. If we are van-
quished, Jeanne, while there, will escapo the
brataltly of our murderers, and my mind
will be at rest about her."
"I will," said the smuggler; "what nectl"
"As sooh as Jeanno is in safety, go to the
gate of rtw Marina, and keep an eye od "Cor-
celli ami his band. I mlstrast this m
These Is, or I grjsttly mistake, some fatal
project hidden beneath his pi
▼ices."
"Oood," said Pietro, and they shook hand*
and separated.
Tno hours after, a curious scene ucoBinxl
la the interior of the city," in the -market
place, and beforo the yery ofllce oCthe cas-
toras, which bad been rsduoed to rains.
The collector and his officers, who had been
driven away the day before, returned early
in the morning to resume their functions,
escorted by a company of lansquenets, whe
bad been sent on purpose to protect and de-
fend them.
Tho officers, visibly uneasy, set about pre-
paring to receive the market dues.
In about an hour, a number of men, walk-
ing two and two, were observed coming
along, with the greatest regularity. Each
man who carried a basket of fruit had at his
sido a companion who carried nothing, but
whose right baud, buried in his bosom,
seemed to clasp an offensive arm.
The head of the cortege stopped before the
custom house.
The collector callcd on tho man who came
first to pay his dues. He protended to sub-
mit his basket of watermelons to tho inspec-
tion of the officer, but tho lutter, on ap-
proaching, suddenly f.;lt his throat touched
by the sharp point of a dagger.
Tho coinpaulon of the man carrying tbo
busket had Just drawn his hand from be-
neath his jacket, and wind out, in a voice of
thunder:
"Back with you! from today tho people
pay no more market dues."
The officer drew back, terrified.
Then cnine a basket of ll^s, and tho fig*
passed like tne watermelons—by tho uid of
the dagger.
The whole cortege wefit by in tbo same
manner.
At the first sign of violenco the custom
house officers had called on the company of
lansipionets for aid nnd protection; but the
fucotious Oermnus were so amused at tho
ficeno passing before them, that they ox-
tingulshed their matches, shouldered their
muskets nnd began clapping their bands, liKo
tho market women standing around, and
laughed heartily at the disconcerted appear-
ance of tho collector, at tbo fright of his sult-
nlterns and at the imperturbability u'itb
which tho insurgents followed the example
of their lender. Por it was Masaniello who
opened tho procession.
Having stopped tho peasants along tho
road and nt tho gates of the city, he had no
difficulty in inducing them to refuso to pay
the market dues.
Maddenod by the conduct of tho lansquo-
nets, tho collector rushed through tho narrow
streets that surrounded the placo, und soon
reappeared with a squadron of reiters, a
grotesque kind of horsemen, whose disordered
costumo and reckless appearance made them
look like so many beggars on horseback, and
who can only bo compared to the Cossacks of
tho piosent day.
Masaniello saw them issue forth from tho
streets leading to the Viearia.
Lar.aroni, mariners, porters and peasants
all had their eyes bont on Masaniello, and
wero ready to obey his nod aud rush to death
on a singlo sign from him. Every fruit seller
had orders to remain perfectly quiet, by tho
sido of his baskets and his companion, whoso
dagger was again hidden lienoafch hjs'rags.
Masaniello kept his eyo constantly, fixed on
a dark edifice, which might have been taken
for 'a fortress if a tapering «pire had not tow-
ered above its ramparts. This wits tho con-
vent of tho rovorend Franciscan fathers,'fur-
nished with battlements ami bastions, like
that of the monks of St. Uenediet. Twenty
etidwart men had been sent through the back
streets, nnd before tho inmates of tho con-
vent could receive an alarm had forced an
entrance, and taken "iKisseesion f tho belfry.
Macci'o.ieHo saw a red flai
ono of the tower windows.
"My man aro there," said he.
Threo other bands, sent in different direc-
tions, had also mode themselves masters of
tlío bólls of Santo Filippo di N'eri, of Santo
Domonico, and of the cathedral.
At tho liijKt signal tho tocsin was to lie
sounded everywhere.
Tho peasants, followed by their armed
acolytes, now drew up in a lino. If tho lans-
quenets had favored'the disorder tho reiters,
who had conw at full speed from thu pa'laco
of tloo Vicaria, did not seem nt all inclined
to follow their example; they drew up in
battle array before the insurgentó, aud tho
collector, followed br his officers, again sum-
moned tho peasants to pay.
In the name- of the viceroy," said he, "I
command you^o pay the dues-!"
Ills words wcreihooteil.
Masa ni el lo approap bed.
"Go, and tell your master," said he, "that
tho peoplo refusol Go, and tojj him that
they demand tho chartertif Sharles tho Fifth,
and all their former rights! Say, also., that
we are ready to die, and that If ho does not
comply with our demands fire and curnago
will presently stalk- through tho streets of
Naples!"
Tho collector and hfc men drew back befjro
tho awful expressioH of Mosaniello's coun
teuar.ee.
They sought refuge in the ranks of tho
German cavalry, and tho reiters spurned on
fheir horses to the charge.
"Our llbertlosl" r oh red tho crowd, "or
death to tho viceroy I"
In an histant every basket was overturned;
oranges, melons and figs strewed the ground.
A thousand bands picked them up and show-
wed them on tho horsemen's heads,
It was ill vain that tl|e reiters spurred their
horses—tho latter,' frightened by the yells of
ttio people, roared and threw their riders, or
turned round and disappeared, with tho ra
piditv of lightning, Ui the adjoining street.
A minuto afterward there was not a sintió
enemy to lie seen lit-ar tho market p'lace.
Hero Masaniello gave the signal, and tho
belfry of the convent of tho Franciscans im-
mediately filled the air with a lugubrious
sound. The bells of Santo* Filippo di Neri
toTled in their turn, then followed thoso of
Santo Domenico, and at last the great bell of
the,cathedral was heard above all tho others.
As tho gato of tho Marina was-not far dis-
tant from the musket place, Salvator Rosa
was bow seen to issue forth nt tho head of his
division, and the brigands of Vesuvius, wear-
ing helmets and armed with carbineS, fol-
lowed, and drew themselves up in lino of
battle along the market place.
At this moment a formidable cry was
raised by all these men—an i inmenso clamor,
which, for an instant, overcamo tho roar of
tho tocsin. Masaniello had just perceived
tho enemy; but, this time, it was a formida-
ble enemy ■^•Spanish infantry, Costilian ar-
quebusiersi and the cavalleria del re, com-
posed of old soldiers barded with iron, tried
by twenty combats, aud mounted on fiery
and impetuous chargers, wbloh already
soepied to scent oaruage and death.
tiers. Balls wniszea aoout <Jn every side,
the place was already strewn with corpses,
and the ground dyed with blood. The in-
creasing noise of the tocsin continued to
summon forth from every part the ragged
population of the faubourgs, armed with
stakes, forks and boat hooks. All this pant-
ing. furious and foamiug crowd joined Ma-
saniello after falling ou tho viceroy's troops
from behind
. At this moment the lansquenets, recognising
among Corcelli's baud some of their former
companions in arms, went over to them, and
soon put the Costilian arquebusiers to rout
Then was hoard tho voice of Masaniello.
"Stay! stay!" cried ho, "kill no morel
Our enemies are put to flight, uud we have
vanquished!"
"I/jug livo Masaniello!" was heard oa all
sides.
"And now," said Mn -aniello, mounted on
a platform which hud een erected hastily,
"let us thank heaven or our victory, for it
is to heaven that we owe it!"
And tho crowd kiu down in the blood
that it had just spilleu.
"Brothers," continued ho, "it is now timo
for us to proclaim our rights!"
"Huzza!"
"No moro taxes!" - —.
"Wo delegate you to procuro tho restora-
tion of our lights."
"I accopt tho office," replied tho young
man, "and I swear to provo myself worthy
of it."
"Long livo Masaniello!"
"Long livo tho Head of tho Peoplo!"
Masaniello signed to Salvator Ilo3a to
mount tbo platform.
"Write," said he, "what I dictate."
Tho artist knelt down on one kneo and
wrote threo decrees. Tho first re-established
the charter of Charles tho Fifth; tho second
declared null the ordinances of tho vicoroy
which imposed an exorbitant tux on wino
and spirits; and tho third abolished overy
kind of tax on fruit and fish.
Salvutor read the decrees, which woro re-
ceived by tho crowd with frantic applause.
This done, Masaniello raised his hand.
"Brothers!" cried ho, "wo must resume our
arms. Though vanquishers at one place, wo
nro not so at all. Wo must go to the viceroy
and treut with hiui us betweeu ono power and
another."
And he descended from tho platform.
Tho multitude had already disappeared in
the streets that led to tbo Vicaria.
Beforo leaving the market placo Masaniello
sent for one of the most intrepid sailors ho
know, ordered him to chooso two hundred
men, to man twenty boats, and while ho him*
self was preparing to attack tho palace with
CorcolH, to go and board tho squadron of
Don Juan Fernandez.
[TO BF.CnNTINtTFT>l
TRINIDAD'S CHIEF INDUSTRY.
A CONYICT SCHOOL
Culture of the Cacao Tree—Gatlicrluu the
Seeds for Market.
It is worth a littlo delay hero to study what
is fast becoming'whilt will in tho near future
Uo tho chief industry of tho colony. Wiser
tfyau our Barbadian friends and moro fqrtu-
nato in territory, estate owners of Trinidad
aro turning their attention from cultivation
of sijgar, which is growing loss profitable, to
that of cocaojr whoso futuro js.a certainty.
Liko coffeo, tbo cacao must bo shnded from
tho sun; liko it, it is guarded by another tree
that is called tho "hois immortelle." As wo
, seo it in Muraval valley and as it is cvory-
llo mg out °i where, tho cacao is a tree of from r ten to
twenty foot high, with rough, yello'wish
brown bark, largo láucoolato leavos, and a
dozen nuts* tho si2i and.shapo of young musk
melons, growing directly from tho trunk or
larger limbs to'which .they aro attached by a
short pedfc'.o. In color green whilo imma-
ture, they chango to a chrome yellow or ma-
genta red whiii ripo or to u mixturo of both
that'io artistic.
When pirfiing timo come? thoy aro cut
from tho luce, gathered into heaps and split
open, the latter operation revealing'£ho.seeds
or cacao arranged in laj era of cflikB liko copj
per penliics- from end to end, aud covered
with a whito gelatinous substuncd. This is
gottqn rid of by fermentation—by rotting- it
oft in closed boxes; a process that needs con-
stajit caution, as it will destroy thb kernels
if carried too far.
Tho latter are dried in tho suu, assorted
and packed, wk<n thíjy ovo voady for
market. Casao trees begin to bear at about
six years of age, and continuo for fifty,
durlng'all of which timo th6y need but tho
simplest care, and'yleld constantly. There-
fore a cacao .estate is an .excellent thing to
havo in iho family. But tho valloys be-
neath whose shade and iu whoso woll mat-
ured soil the treo flourishes best, aro limited
in-cxtent, ami tliero is but a comparatively
small amofint'of government land left upon
which to found now plantations. About tho
ouly way to acquire ono now is tq watch
chances carefully aud purchase cithara largo
ono that somo vicissitudo of fortuno has
thrown into tbo auction market, or pick up
a number of small ones lying contiguous and
join them into one. Ten y oars ago,'estates
cotkd occasionally bo purchased at a bargain
au'd the regular pnico was SI a treo. Now it
is only by c.ianco that a decent ono is offered,
and tho prico is fnom ?!5 to $5 a tree. Even
at this last figure a cocao estate is nojncau
investment, 'ns it requires no fertilization
anil is cnpcctcd to yield SI a tree per annum.
—Dr. William F. Hutchinson in American
Magazine.
RESULT8 OF A SINGULAR EXPERI-
MENT IN PRISON MANAGEMENT.
proffered
aemed
This menatsjtig cavalry camo down nt full
speed on the insurgents, bnt Masaniello had
calculated everything; tho measures he'had
taken wero such that tlüs second ahargo
could, not' succeed Wtter thau tbo first.
Round tho market placo wero about a hun-
dred stalls, built •( wood. By tho time tho
cavalry arrived every ono of thpso were de-
molished, and their materials—beams, doors,
benehes, seats, etc.—rolled, at a signal from
Masaniello, beneath tho horses' feet, Which
fell, neighing with pain. At the same time
a fire was opened along the whole line.
While Masaniello and his men were en«
.with the cavalry, Salvator Rosa, who
just stood a discharge fitom the Spanish
infantry, rushed up to them with his me'n,
before tliey could reload their muskets, and
obliged them to fall back in disorder on the
At another point, Corcelli and his brigands
were en Eased .with the Bastillan aruuebu-
Lucy tareom'n Teaching Dwys.
"What was tho most rcmarkablo thing
that happened hi tb'e log scboel?"
"I am afraid you will scarcely bclievo it,"
she answered, with a merry Bhako of her
head. It was the flight of a girl up. tho
chknnfey. I had mado her sit on the empty
fireplaco as a punishment, and to put hor so
far away from tho other clii'lclren that sho
could not maleo them partners in 'hor un-
timely frolics. Sho sat demuro and shy at
first. But there wn's a magnificent imp spirit
in her. It snapped in her black oyes, and
rippled in faint twitches at tho ends of hor
red mouth. Bho gradually draw herself
nearer the open flye, and lief oro I could catch
my breath sho had seized somo jutting bite
ot timber, lifted herself.up, and a pair of fly-
ing heels disappearing through tho chimney
holo was tho last wo saw of her that day."
"Did you make her como back tho 'same
way, a' la Mcphisto!" inquired Mrs. Sher-
m&n.
"®n, no. Wo were glad to got her back
anyway we could. Wo could not spare a
girl of such possibilities."
"Had you any difficulty with the boys—
the big follows f"
MUs Larcom's face clouded. "Not serious
troublo. I—yes, it is too bad to havo to own
it—made them go and get the rods tlut't
helped teach them. I had to make ono strap-
ping rail splitter acknowledge that I was his
master, and he was a good friend ever after-
ward."
"I suppose yon underwent ar severo exami-
nation!"
"I <had to raise my right hand and swear
that I was able to teach tho three R's and a
good many other tWngs. Thoro was an ex-
amination also, bnt thp swearing went a long
way. It did not amount tq much, however,
in getting tho salary promptly. It was neo-
assary to go to another oounty to get it. The
amount waa 940 for threo -mdntha.' '—'■Chicago
"MbUML .
The System Panned In the Reformatory
at Elm ira, N. T.—How Thorough and
lasting Reform Is Obtained—Tho Intel-
ligent Criminal's Mentality.
A most interesting product of convict labor
is in tbo shapo of a little book of 100 or
moro pages, grouping together a number of
papers und reports regarding tho singular
experiment in prison management which has
been in progress for somo years at tho El-
mira reformatory. It is printed by tho pris-
oners themselves. Comparatively little
seems to bo known by tho general public re-
garding tho Elmira system. Only such con-
victs are sent there as are between the ages
of 10 and UO aud havo uover been iu stato
prison beforo. Thoy are sentenced for an in-
definito term, subject to tho discretion of tho
board of managers, but cannot bo detained
longer thau the maximum period Cor which
they might havo been imprisoned under tho
law. If, for example, a mun has beeu con-
victed of burglary, ho may bo kept in El-
mira for ten years, but no longer, bccauso
that is tho maximum sentenco under the
law. But if tho management, or rather tho
superintendent, Mr. Brockway— who in prac-
tically tho head of tbo institution—believes
from his record thero that ho will lead an
honest lifo on emerging, bo may bo dis-
charged at any timo after ono year.
To obtain his roleuso ho must got a perfect
record in threo bronchos—for conduct, zeal
and efficiency us a workman, and proficiency
and diligence us a scholar, in this latter field
is found tho distinguishing character of tho
Elmira system. It is, in fact, a school for
convicts, aud tho results are surprising. On
tbo average, it is said, 00 per cent, of tho con-
victs released from stato prisons find thoir
way back, but thus far 80 per cent, of the
discharges from tho Elmira reformatory dur-
ing tho eight years tho experiment has been
continued aro believed to bo permanent
reformations. Tho full significance of this
will not bo understood unless it is remem-
bered that in the nowor prisous overy im-
provement has been introduced, not incon-
sistent with proper discipline, looking to the
health and general well being of convicts.
Tho Elmira system proceeds upon tho
principle that a thorough and lasting reform
can only bo obtained through a decided
chango in tho intellectual character of tho
convict. Christmas dinners, tho privilege
of roadipg good books, and an occasional
Iwliday, which aro conspicuous among
tho ameliorating features of lifo in vari-
ous prisons, are not belioved to furnish
sufficient radical treatment. At Elmira tho
convict is not invited to read. Ho is com-
pellecTto study, and to work over his books
ns he docs over his bench in" tho workshop,
becauso It is ®nky by making a perfect record
as a scholar aa woll a3 in tho other tujp
brandies that ho can rtaorten his sentence.
Tho schools aró hold in tho evening after the
eight hours of labor required! in tho shops
havo been porformed. Tho subjects fuu as
far up as tho higher, mathematics, American
aud English history, politics, Englislwlitera-
turo anil political' economy. Ono of tho
classcn v/as i:i practical ethics. This began
with only seventy pupils, bccauso tho con-
victs seemed nverso to tho idea. Yet inter-
est ill it grow so rapidly that tho member-
ship increased to jibout eight? hundred. ,Tho
discussions turned upon practical questions
iu tUó'morality of daily lifo ai)d had uo bear-
ing upon religious dogma, so called.
Tho-eoursa in English lit-eraturoHiocamo so
popular tiiat tho class Increased in less than
a year fijpm sixty ,to moro than COJ—five-
sixths of tho entire convict population. ' Tho
account given by.tho school secretary of tho
gre^jtlj o.f this course in popularity reads al-
most liko a'fairy talo. No regular class meet-
ings V'cro hokl except at examinations, but
tho study was, followed in private by eaqh
prisoner, with helps and suggestions through
circulars or in talks \v¿tli tho instructor. Tho
history .o'f Engttáh literature jwas taught
through leaflits prepared by hiñi, whilo tho
texts of t'bo.great masters woro read by tho
pupil, each being assigned every month a
portion of an author for study. As with the
subject of pructibal. morality, Englisli litera-
ture was regarded at tho outset as a nuisanco
by tho men selected to form tho class. Th(jy
looked upon it as anoliher method of makiug
it difficult tor'them to earn tho marks whigji
would bo necessary to secure a release.. Many
showed a great distasto for tho study, and
somo exhibited positive anger. Yotifwas
not many months'iJbfore the corridors of tbo
prison any niglit showed a curious spectaelo
—convicts poring over tho Cantorbury tales,
tho'story of Evangeline, und even pagco of
Bacon mid Browning.
Tho experieuoe of thoso engaged in this
worl: is directly agiinst thewthcony that in-
taHectual development only increases tho
capacity of tho criminal for wiokeduess.
Theyflnd, on the other hand, that oven tho
so called intelligent criminal seems mentally
deficient as soon as ho passes out of tho groove
iifwhich lib has been accustomed to exercise
hi3 cunning. Ho takes liurrow and distorted
views of lifo. Tho process of intellectual cul-
tiu-o which is carried on in this institution,
they believe, broadctis tho convict's mimi
until ho Li lifted out of this narrow groove
and is «bio to sco the w isdom of good morals.
Tho espcrimont is unique and may havo a
most important influenco upon .tho futuro of
penal science.—Now York Tribuno.
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