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,rHE PAINTER, OF PAWIA;
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THE MAGIC OF A M ASTERPIEG E.
meat with a firm and steady lhaad� dy-
Ing at the age of oighty-five, wit his
weata,l faculties intact to the last.
,,And then Antonio, the son of Gio- �
, ann!, at the ago of twenty-two As-
.,,nded the ducul thixine a,mid the bless-
ing,i arid plaudits of a well-pleaSed and
contented peop'e. Antonio ha.d been tit -
I to more then a year a duke iof Parma
when an old priest, called Father Paul
arrived in the city from Spain. lie
had liven bere but a few days when lie-,
heard by chance the Story of the loss
44 the Genoese vessel, with the wife and
hild of Prince Giovanni on board. At
i Ho Stopped, utterly overcome, and
U the, duke had a suit arid heir ll(L
i'ku,je he called Oil the Duke Antonio
� �. . buiiad his film in his hand -4. A few-,
N%ould be Prince of Piacenza. 6t' -'f-
i�ith a wonderful story. The princess
_. lauments so, and then be felt those
funu earnestly besought tile duke to
110A nut saited in the vesse I for Tou-
loving arms once more over his shoul- '
sign him that title; hut he might as
!on. The story had been told to that
I . ders. arid this time around bit4 neck;
%%ell have asked for the dukedom.
effect., fearing pursult by bet- hus-
and a sweet. Lealfill VUi430 bUllIlded in
Nons , rise. Antonio gave him the inar-
1!aud's enealies. She, with her fiLLIe
. )its ear:
quisate, thus granting hint a litte;ibut
ljoy, had mailed in the care of this very
"Jaull, you love me with all your
iiie revenuv8 "I the P1,W0 it"O ah"Ost
main -Father Paut-for Spain, arid had
I hodri V
riot it Ing. Illk. luiile,�� pl,oved all utter
arrived safely at Carthagetra, and there
. "With all my heart, with till my soul
failure, and the land will barely sup-
the priest had been obliged to sepaxate
, andwitli all my strength -Lay first lu� a
port those who till it. ,Still, though
from her, she having determined to
1, of woman Since in), mut he I- died ! ' ;
the duke refused his brother tile prin,
Seek friends Of w-hom she had heard in
"And I love you ,the same I I am
cip,dity, he allo%�s him to draw Li.
,1,0!e.do. The good father said he had
yours, now and everniol'8. It you
gaodly Share of its revenues."
.
seen her under the protection of the
heave me, I say -and 1 say it ono
`e 11
Z
" " Is a ma 1 -vel to itte'" 61t id Zanoni,
bitiliop of ,1,0,0do, %v.ho ch&acO,d to be at
shl., Joirever-only death shall part, u.1
�
looking curiously, into the beautiful
Cawthagena, when they arrived. He
- - etiag fancy, no sudden,
face 'before him, "thAt St0ffH,IIO has not
visiteAt her once L0 the formor city, and
passion; but a calm, t rusting.
ii.sked his b-rother for your precioud
.
L)nl,y once, aihout six montlis aftar -her
ring love, that has become part
li-trid a hand that would Lie doubly pre-
dettlement the] -e' The next time he
�l
of my life, a Part of my ver). 61, 1. I
Wpp—love �
oio��tci him. l.sabell t
Have I hur
heard. of her she had gone 1/0.liladrid,
you because you are, to mi
you ? I did nott"--
He never Saw her again, but hetheard
. idaa,l of all my thoughts and dream,;
"Hushl" the trembling girl implor-
from her or other, severad times. And
. of my hero, my champion, my one inav
-d, putting foirth bet- hand * "IOU"
here the stiors, becomes painfully per -
above all other -men. I am glad you
I
,�ords struck a Sharply vibrating chord
plexing. Ahl What nQw?
are beautiful, but far more glad am I
ill uly bosom. I Lim sure Steffano hits
-_
.
that you are good and noble und true
n.,vpr dorred to hint it thing to �mp
CHAPTRIt VI.
and loyal -a truly Christian gentle.
suan. Juan, I am your&, Yours, autL
�ruardian; but, more than once, thave
LOUnd .his g",e, fixed on me, with aull
. Isabel's abrupt pause in her narra-
. youns alone -wbile life and sense is
v.-:preasion in his evil face ,%%Ilich could;
live and the exo1amation which follow -
mine; anil I hope -1 prtty-thaL our lo�v
have meant nothing els,� than a yearn-
ed had been ouva,sioned by a iler�ous
and iml)atie-rit knot -king on the door
. alay live glorified and eternul I" .
1� " Amen, and amen 1" and he took her
ing to possess me -and inine for his
own."
ouililnuilicating with the Niaiting-room.
tolhis, bosom, held her close, and their
' Oh, my soul I Heaven itself -would
Of course it could Ile none other than
Alad O-
lipsirriet in the first waxin, ecstatic kiss
interpose Lo prevent such a consum-
,
on, as the outer door of the
suite could. not be opened witli,out,
of a pure and lofty love.
� A little time -or a lunger -of Silent.
mation I
With this the PILinter turned and
sounding air alarm in the. studio..
. rapture, heart speaking to heart ,with
'walkod slowly across the room. Ile
I The first thL�ught, of the princess
the old, old story, as Old its creation
altered the arrangement of one or two
was of hot- watoli. 61itk took it Out and
I .
4, -the Story that found birth when the
curtains, and whell he came ,back he
consulted the died. ",Keruy I" site ex-
glaA Stars of iwrning first sang to-
s!bl; down within reach of the princess's
c,'aimed, in utter astonishment "I had
* ?
ge-ther-the Story that must enlist the
hand and facing her.
"I'sahel,"
no thoughL of tbei,&u�sswgoi of t Line 4 1
lliave been hors aLmust three hoursi"
deepest and holiest Sympathies of the
he said, with simple
"No
human heart until humanity shatl have
Straightforward earnestness, "of thc�
I I'll-vossibl,v I" But upon oon-
I
wank�hed from off tha eavthl
Marquia I know literally nothing.
i suiting his uw'n Litne-piece be found
Then, when the first wild, delirious
I have heard tha,t his eartle,st years
I that she was right.
and all -absorbing emotion of pussion-
were spent abro4d. I have won-
I , "My ol,ear friend," lie said, operting
ate bliss had passed, the painter led
dered Ifow he and Antonio Farnese
- the door, and standirig aside fur the
the princess back toi her seat, and was
could be brothers. But are they own
1 oitt-annit, to enter, "you must li4a,me tile'
soon able to speak colierently and
brothers? Were there not two moth-
this time. Since laying altide
� caamly.
ers?"
t1my
brutshes I have been listening 0
�
.L "Isabe-11 AFy lovel my lifel We have
Th,� princesi shook bet- head sadly.
wonderfully ititeresLiiig stury which I
much to say to each other. Shall 1,
, 'No," she replied, "The same fath-
bad persuaded the princess to I -elate to
. while we Speak, go on with my work?"
er and the Same mother were parents
me." I
"You might take your palette and
of both. Did )-oil never hear the story
: "Aye I" added 1,%ai,�el brightly, ap-
t brushes," she said, flushing slightly in
of tile ebildhood of those two broth-
prollenclLng at orice her lover's intent
view of the implied, deceit; for neither
thein believed the -%vork
erat"
"Never."
,and Vuipose, "arid it is not yet con-
ultioloid, but it will require few
, . of that could
I go on isuccessfuliy4
"That is strange. And yet, after all,
Unly- a
minutes more. Dear old mamma, I
"Certainly," returned Zationi, with
not. -so man), know it as one might;
have been teffing tol"him the Sad story
an an"wing Smile.' - I
think, considering how, really intormt.
.of Priu,-e Giovanni Farnese and his fa -
f Simple as -,vas the passage, per -i
Ing, and even ronil ritic, it is."
U114. I have come very near to the
. hips nothing else could have occurred
I .
"Will you tell it to me, daxling?"
end. You will Sit right. down boxv and
.. so, Nv�ll calculated to put them at their
" With plea,Su re. The duke himself
'walt Whilia I finish it."
� ciaze and oparl the way to a, caim. and
told it to me. Listen I" Arid the
"Indeed," ventured tile pii,intw-, with
dispassionate conversation.
Princess proceeded as follows:
an edi-nest stuile, "It'seems to me aa
� The first thing the lover did was td
"Seven arid taventy years ago, as
though I should not sleep if I did
give the princess an account of big
you probably know, Alonzo Farntse was
,lot hear the t:0nolusion.,4
If meetingwith the count and marquis on
reigning.cluke of Pa,yma. He -wau well
"I have retvAled the ilarivab in Parma
the previous evening. He knew shei
advanced in yealre, and having never
Of Father Pa,ul., explained Isaiiel, "arid
must hear of it, drid he preferred that
Wen remarkable for moral and intel-
have Cold how bill visi red the unforl ua�
� it should first carRa from his o,An lips.
lEctolul strength, he had now, at three-
ate Princ,ess at Tuledo, and never saw
'. "But you will not fear for me, dear-
so -ore and ten, become 'weak and child-
her again thought he had heard from
est," he said, when he had graphically
ish. He had but one son, Giovanni.
her as ha,ving gone Lu Madrid,"
I F ictured the last incident of the scene.
Giovanni Farnese was then in his Lbir-
"And haven't. you told hini (LbOut the
I am confident that the count will
ty-fifth yeax, and Nvit.s one of the best
wonderfu;1 e,onxing to life of the boy,
exert all the Influ"Oe he can wield
and bravest and most gidlant gent.le-
Steffarrol" (-tied the o!d "-Oman with
I toward preventing Steffano from fur-
men of his time. lie was also a hand-
a 4urtit (if enthusiasm. .
� ther outrage."
'Some Man, and generous to a fault.
I "No; I was coming to Chat when you
I"Ah I" said the thoughtful girl, with
Ilia heart was kindness itself. ac wit&.
knocked and interrupted me."
a dubious shake of her head, "I see you.
do nut know Count Guia3ppe Denaro.
moreover, of poNkerful intellect. and
liberally
"� am very sorry,. haleve me, for
having disturbed
most educated.
you, but you don't
. He Is a gentlemAn, possessing veryl
"Unfortunately for Prince Giovanni,
know how tired I had grown of wait -
I many, good qualities; and those good
I many People felt that the aged, child-
ing. However-, never mind that now.
qualities are uppermost. They are to
i ish duke should &bdicwte, and that the
I will wait while you tell the rest Of
be seen of all men. But. I am sorry
,I I
prinee Should rule in his stead; and,
the story." And with this the duen-
I toi say, he has bad qualities, which are
at the time of -which I have evoken,
no. Sat comforLably back in the large
not' SO tip arent. Juan, I fear the
I- ,count coulT be somewhat treacherous
I this feeling hxd not only become wide-
I but
Lwi�-,4.1rdir she bad appropriatotl,, and if
!l
K an Occasions. He is proud of his rank;
Spread, it had found voicle. It
I was Spoken in public places, and by
site amy cluntrition in view of tile
inLerru-ption ,She had caused, she c,qr-
ud that he was born patrician; and
Fn
r"vely
men oi. rank and Istation. Naturally a,*
tainly (lid nut sbow- it. As so. -in U's Silo
� sensitive where his fan-
man so good and pure, its was Gioviturli
lmd thus seLLIed herself to listen, the
,oied Privilege of class is trenched up-
would have enemies, and his enemi '13
.
Princess resullied her narrative.
on,
know that he has been to poor
�
had resolved to destroy him, it liossibie,.
L
Ali I -You ca,n imagine how greedily such
1, '1 told you t ha,t4 though good Fatheir
I Paul never Saw the Princess aigain aft -
o,"I
d Xadelon and asked her to -watch
would Trasp, at the opportunity offered
Or she left Toledo, he had eeveraltimes
� ine-to watch me while with you. I
by the speech of those ill-advised
heard of her. AS I think I informed
� distoovered it this morning while we
friends.
ybu he ---our good father -was settled
were Lmtting ready to come hither,
"I can not. teiLl youl"I that was done.
in Carthagena; being permanently at -
I Enough. to 4ty he is milking himself
You can imagine it. I need only tell
t&cbed to it church there. In course of
really unhappy arid miserable with fear
yuu, the time came when men occuipy,
time he made tile auquaintance of a
.,
t� . of -you. He has spoken with the?u4e,
ing high place in the councils of the
cOurier--li, government weshenger-
I I a.m sure. They wduld not hit a me
e
� . now- it -they think 1 do,not-but poor
. �
realat. preferred against Prince Giov-
anni the charge of treason I Yes, he
whose regular traveled route, vi,aS from
the naval station at Carthagena to Ma-
GuWappe can not keep a secret. Un-
was accused and arrested. Then he
drid. His name was-',
fortunately- for himself, he let fall to.
raoi a single sentence of half a dozen
was examined by a tribumml made up
"Clou-siglia I" volunteered Madelon., as
words that revealed to me the truth.
entirety of his enemies and fully com-
for
bet, mistress momentarily hesitated.
'.'He
Yes, he has tried to persuadi�my dear
mitted. pablk� trial. His situa.tion
N%as critical. Witil the best intentions
was a king's messenger I" she
went On authoritatively "He had to
guardian that thoire is danger In my
'
in the worid; with a. love for his old
go from Ca-rthage,na, whore the king's
ooming to your studio." .. .
"And
fa,ther, s6nd a devotion to his interests
1 allLps (if war all lay, to.the royal l -
the dake?" asked Zanont anx-
that kirew, no swer-irbug, he baxt suffer-
Ilia .
ace at Madrid, cynco in every. six
- Lotraly.
"As near as I can learn he only
ed himselt, when in conversation with
his
mon ths. So you SON lie had t ( (.4o a nd
. laughed at the idea, its ridiculous and
zea-lotis friends, to admit that the
aged duke was Scarcely fit for the ex-
come, And it was a blessed thing lie
did, forr if it illad not been for -hint we
preposterous. Poor, deal, guardian I it
alted Station he o.!,cupied. But I
never should have kuowu a -bout C110
L �. waS the danger of my loving you that
he laughed at. but he will not all[-
need riot r&u4pitu,la,te the Points of ev-
Pool- dect.r princess wrid bet- darling boy
.
fe r. We shall be far away when lie
Lden,e the ill -minded men had marlag-
ed to toge,ther. Suffice
Ah I I;ut you can -tell it better than i
can, dear lady,
knows it; and when he realizes that it
Let it to my
he, was tried and found guilty; but the
though I remember ev-
ery word of it -every ble,4sed
. Is tolone, past the power of mortal man
old duke stayed the execution, At
word-
Jand every sylimblev,
to undo it, he will soon become content.
10 is no -t as though I u as his child, Or
the joist moment his love for his so n
1-y 1. .
s&id Isa,bel, when she was M-
I
,
I I very nearly rola,ted. The cousinbhip
-began
I overcome his weakness., and a wonder-
ful energy sprang to life within him.
lo%ve".
d to p i o -eed, "th rough the me(] lum
lof the kifig's messenger-, Father Paul
several generations ago and onille
his moth:�r's Side, so he can notipointed
summoned a. new council and n4)-
friends
icontinuod to receive intelligencoof the
feet the ties of blood particularly,
.
OfL the prince to mem-
I,e,,ship A n,aw trial was ordered; it
princess for a period of ten ears and
little more. At that time-ayt the end
Strong. But ellowigh of the duke, it
is of the count I wish to speak.
came oif and U iovanni Fa rnme was not
of ten years-sihe and her sort vverell;olh
. .
. . "Dear Juan, you must bew-are of him.
only declared innocent, )lot his. whole
A.liv(! and -ell, as Cur.4iglia learned
I do not ,mea,n that you have to fear,
past course Nvas warmly approved.
"But,' atasl the evil deed had been
from a priest of his ac-quairilance who
knew him, When the time '
I Not fit all. but, should he discover
our lovie-und he ,witi strain
done, A ca,araity bad faileal Giovan-
came round
for the ale9senwer's next visit to I -lie
every
nerve in the attempt so to do -be sure
ni had a wife,, between wiloin and him-
seaport, instead Of li'atber Paut's Old
friend
his anger will run at once into
selt was a love that bad seemed Co
grow deeper and WILrmer as Ume wen't
cam,, it sI rEinger, wit h word that
Corsiglia wag dead. -
thoughts of ven,goduce. Ile is not a
Large-boarted tuan, nor can he be un-
On; and lie had two obildren-hoth
boys-Anionio, then
To bo Con t in Lied.
. selfishly generous. If you could
tweive years (if
age, and Sleffano, otil�y three. The i It
eb.
know how ignora.nt he is -how lack-
hwl been three daught ers born between,
..
ingin evettaproper education for one
laying the least claim to gentility-
who had died in infancy. Tile (floler
OLD SHOES.
3ou would be better able to estimate
!)Oy, Antonio, M. the time. of bis fattler's
,
I his character. Plainly, Juan, I be-
imprisonment was at school in Rome.
And a Word Aboat other ThIngg dpld, ln.
I liere he hates you because you are so
His wife and little Steffano vvere at
it'Onle, here in Parma. And now listen.
4'111411119 40141 11libiII4.
"'As
immeasurably above him in every
"When word had been brought to
easy as ani old Shoe,, is to fami I j -
thing Clint constitutes inborn nobility
and native manhood. And. hating
.
Giovanni in prison, Chat his enemies
ar saying," said kft. Stayboll, "and
ou thus in the outset, what must be
were seeking the destrurtioll of hin lov-
thfkre can be nc:ydiou,41 thot an old,shoe
Zia feelings when he known that, you
ed otios. he sent, for'llis wife, who aft-
is a mighty eomforlabin thing. After
have -%%-on (be prize that he would give
er much troubLe and delay. was per-
we have worn the new shoes, c,loSe fit-
. bis, -I -,N,as going to any life; but he
Inii,ted to �isit, him. Ile Cold )let- what
he had heard; told bet- where to find
,
ting, hard arid forma,lN,how- gladly we
would not give. tbaA. He would give
IL -portion of his wealth, however, and,
money; and fin(AAY o4tained front her
Put them off. and with wba-t joy we
his reputation, for that which
a promise I ha,t she, would flea, wit fisher
put (m tile shoox. that iwe ofirt and,worn
01 rerhaps
I have given you. .Ali I my own true
It has been
youngelit boy, to another an(t diMLILUt
land. A trup fritend would secure )ter
anti familiar W the feet I Old Shoes,
love I no prize ,Aon by
I
you. Heaven gAve you to me, IT in I
passage by sea front Genoa, and he
1101i'lever, are not the only thing old
who have won the prize."
promised her tha(. the elder ho�y. An-
that, we tike. We like. an old 1xid, if Iti.
,
"And I," added Zitnoni, lifting ber
tortio should be snnt, t(linin herassoon
is not too uld, but just old'enough, 1,0
hand to bin lips as he spoke, "have won
a,4 pomsi)ile, he. being meantime, ent1re-
Chat wbile still .soft, a,nd comfortable it
heaven Itself I And now, my darling,"
after a thoughtful pause, "lot tile say
Jy .safe under the protection of �Ipow-
orful cardinal.
is I
a so shaped Somewhat to the hody
''
. .
I think I understand andfully apprect-
I "The unfortunate princess. broken
which it Supports ah every polnC, yield -
ate all you have said of Count Den-
with grief. w&% u.4.4istort to Genoa, and
ing a degree of comfort which not tile
aro, and I thank you for the informa-
tion, As a, class I find the nobl-i of
therp.. it was 9uppu,;ed, ghti.was put on
hu.trol a vessf,l 1,ound for Toulon. ,in
finesi. of beds can affor(A when it Is new.
� Parma, sadly deficient in general in-
Frencte. A week aftAr the trial of the
"But it is i4lu with all things old, 11.1in i
velUgence. A few have gained .some-
Prince came off, In another week the
are not too old, Including old hathi In.
thing from travel, but very few from
old duke had asserted himself and ord-
.
We oling to theind so long U's they give
.
L I at tidy, The duke himself Is the one
ered a new trial, with the result as 11
Us comfort. and wo hate i�o change. We
I - p-sitive exception. Ile Is one Of the
have told you,
&n, creatures -of habkt, who would if
.
� 69t educated men I have ever known,
"And now, on the day that saw Gio-
we could follow to the end along the
. and one of the most intelligent by no-
vanni set free from prison, word came
first comforto,blie rut w -a fAll into, and
ture.
that the vessel in witioll the princess
never look out above it -s sides. And
11 LL. ,'And thin brings me to speak of an-
6b,,�,.
hOA Sailed had beieq overtaken by a, ter-
It is well for us tha,t ourr shoes twear
, .
,othor-af the Marquis Steffario. B�y
rific storm and wrecked, and that every
out and that we �have to buy newonp,s
- he way, what in he marquis of? Wbere
one on 1;oard bad perishoolt The news
and wear them; tha,b we are in vartomg
and what is lih marquisiate ?"
was nuthentir-liot to be doubted. One
ways oompolled to change; that weare
"Ohl" laughed (he princess, "J will
short week thn prhnee lfvedattor that,
rooted out now Sad then and set going
(o[I you. At the foot of the Apen-
7
anti then he (tied, a whlte-haired, de-
amew.
nines, cilose upon the confines of! &n.,
orepit, broken old ina.u.
"And Some of us prx),ftt by this
0% Is a NvIld, rug1ged districit. contain-
"The effect of it si-1.1 u,pDn the aged
obange. Once Ilifted. out of the rut we
Ing the (owris of Cajmljirtno and San
Duke Alonzo ,.ftg wonderful. Instead
stay up on the plain, where there Is
Steffaro. A great. many years. ago '
Of breaking film down it. inspired hily�
nothing to ciramp, ws� a-nd where we can
wilen there were nuppo,4ed Co be won-
wIlh a new energy anti a new life. He
lay about freely Ili any direction In Ile-
derful mines of untold mineral wealth
sent to Romp and ha,d bfs grandson .
oordtlnce with our power, but more of
In that m,ountalnous district, it was
Anlorio brought to him, and therea.ft-,
us. I fancy, rather weloome the days
olevated (A) the dignity of it marquis-
Pr had him Ptinkraloid tinder his own oye,
when the shoes grow old again, anti
. atA,ftnd. the. title bestowed upon C -he
and during Che ten yeaws whirb Ill I 1�4
yield without muoh Struggling to the
younpr bimtheir of the welaning duke.
beyond that lie directed his govern-
enticements of case and comforvo
SPAIN'S LOST, COLONIES,
b,Z."e..1 tried inhabiLante of Span -
r c a. to take advantago of tht
diffieultim in witich, Spain became in
__
,olved with Fra=e arid England in
CRUELTY, GREED AND TYRANNY
the first de,ade of this CoIlLary, ancl
CAUSE HER DECLINE.
to begin wdrs of independence on theit.
own account, and inasmuch as the con-
�
Glertlitteut Illstorical FlIets-. The reople Or.
ditions of affairs at Madrid aft the time
PI'veluded tile dirspauvh of re-enforce-
pressetr ror the ueetent or Titled Drone
luenbs to tile various viotiroys dud Cap-
-14panish.AmerICILIK KCV0111111091114, FAC.
Lain Generals, the robellionti attained
Toward the end of the sheteenth cen-
sueb, proportions by the time pearehad
tury Spain ,w -as without question the
beou restored In the mother country.
greatest power in thei wort It' She Own-
and . troops were tie -at across the AL -
I antiv to the Western homispheie, that
od all tha� she now possesses, In ad-
it was then too late.
dition to Portugal, the kingdoms of Not-
Ilut the Spaniards, despite the odds
pift and of Sicily, the durideis of Mil-
dgai.ast them, made a sLubborn fight,
an, the Neitherlunds and the whole of
just as they have been doing in Cuba - 6
it it although the war of independence
, n
the two Americas soiLtb of the thir-
bega)a in Venezuela in 1810, it last-
ty-fourth parallel, a dominion to which
ed without interruption, until 1824,
nelther Great Britain nor Russia, nor
when Spain surrendered her last pos-
yet the I.TaKed States can be compar-
sessions on the American continent. It
was a war characterized by the sav-
ed in respect of potential wealth,yield-
agery and frightful cruelty which the
ing r.ower. This O=pire, too, rested on
CartiA conflicts, and in moro revent
strong foundations. It lasted ia Na-
n
times the struggle in the Antilles,
have demoustraited to be inseputable
11 I Lea for 200 years. 'rho people of the
from ,1�panlrih methods of conducting
Low Countries threw it off only byl,an
warfare. The royal troops showed the
,4fort that was like a mattyrdom, NNhile
ia irgonts no mercy. According to
� 2
I
the Spanish ascendancy in America was
Sc nish official records they executed
'
r.000 perhons, warly of -whom were put
11!0 deeply rooted that even now the
, o death -with every refinement of'
creed, the language and the civiliza-
cruelty, while the ILIAOL-108 Of tile Lu -
tion of every larict tha�t belonged to
till republicis of this continent sihoNN
, -ain remaino. essentially Spanish '
8p
that there were at least. a quarter of
it million victims thus executed, exclu-
To -day SipWit is one of the most
.1dv18 of the untold thousands killed in
weak and fallen kingdoms on the face
vold blood by tile royal troops, who
of the globe. only part of the lber-
destroyed every village land town
Lan Peninsula remains in her posses-
through which they passed if tile in -
habitants were Suspected of sy uipat-h-
.
skon. HtT population has dwindled to
izing with the. revolution.
1700,000. She is threatened with the
(,en. Norillo, wit(.) commanded the
loss to the llnLted States of her only
Spanish forces in Vpnezuela, Evilador
arid New Grenada, seems to have serv-
two remaining colonies, the Antili"
ed aa an example to Gen. Weyler. For
and the Philippines. Her treasury is
in his official despal-t-11 describing the
practically bankrupt, her army disor-
measures which he adopted on enter-
ganIzed, and In fact she has sunk to
ing the City of Santa Fit tie Bogota.
he writes -
the level of a fourth-ratte power. Site
" Every person of either sex ,Ahollt`a.
shows tha�,shc is one of those nations.
.
caimble, of reading or writing was
which, to use the -words of Lord Sal-
put. to de0h. By thi,8 cutting off all
bsbury, " have exhausted their vital-
who Nvcre in arty way educaled I hope,
effectually to check the Spirit of the
Lty and are doomed to de,cay."
revolution."
lKhat the cautie of this (levity can
All who bad held official positions in
be is a subject for much speculation
the local administ ration, all who were
confiectsd with ib�-, insurgents or dis-
I
and discussion, neither of -which, how-
tinguished for their talents or attain-
I
erveir, has as yet furnished any sat-
ilients, were Lilrown into prison and
I, there kept 11n,til the, day appointed for
IsfactoWy response to the problem.
thl-ir execution, when they were eith-
Theirc a.ra some who LuwrLbe it to the'
er hanLmd or 4hot, husbands being put
expulsion of the Jews, but Spain reach-
to deaLh in the presence of their wives,
:
ed (be culmina.t,ing point of heir pow-
- alad viiihiten in th�k presence of their
er almost two centuries after the Ile-
'
parents,
These terrible wts of cruelty, far
Wows had been driven out of the
from intimidating the rebellious col-
_-
kulgolom. There are yet others who in-
ontes, merely served to exasperate them
ai,st tha;t the valok and the manhood
mare bitterly against Spanish domin-
of the Spaniard hits decreased, butam-
ion and to determine them that, death
.
I
any form wits preferable to acon-
Itlitnuanco
ple evidenco to (be ,contrary ha,zi been
I of the tutrovious tyranny to
furnished even since the I)eginning of
I whirb t hey had been .subje0ed ' IvIore-
the present war, ,%%-bile the first. Na-
over, they. were encouraged by I he
poleon was wont to declare
sympathy %%,bi)L,.h their Struggles ekeit-
.
ed both in the United ,States, and in
hb.d never met in,all his wars more
England, symputhy which showed it -
daring and re(-.1clees foes than theftan-
self in the fOTXa Of sUpplies, and Of
inh gueirillas. .
volunteers. Large contingents of North
. .
Americans and of Rxitoris were to be
CUPIDITY OVERREACHED ITSELF.
found fighting side by Side with the
I
In fact, tbere Is no explanation t ba t
robels in almost every nol0,1e ent,nige-
ruent, and In the grea,t battle of Aya-
oan be furnished for the 'astounding
cucho, in 1)ecembf,r, 181�4, N�hlcjl prOv-
de0bne of Spuin unless it be tha;t t be,
ed tile. death blow to Spiln!Eh rul(t in
'
inevitable advance of progress and ell-
Chili arid Peru, it was an EngJishinnn.
les
lightenment, even in Spanish countri
Gen. Millor, who commanded the eav-
alry of the patriot army, while an Am -
has g,radually awakarved the masses to
erican, Col. O'Connor, was chief of
the injvstice of their being oppressed
.staff.
and ground down for.the benefit of the.
One might, have thought that the les-
classes, and to the# iniquity of extort-
son thus taught, at so heavy a cost.
would have been taken to heart by
Ing from the people the fruit of their
Spain. and that ,she wovild have order -
labor for the beiiefl� (if favored arid
ed Iler administration of her remain -
generally tilted drones. Spain, it must
i ing c6lonial possessions. Che Antilles
be confessed, bits from time 'mmem-
and the Philippin--is in such a way an
I to win the. good will and thfi affeor�tiorr
orial treated her rureign possessions as
of the population. Such, however, waa
witch cows, to be -drained of their, last
not the ease. Spain pursued in Cuba
cilrop of milk for the sole advaintage
and in the far Orient the same policy
Of Lho�w in power at, Madrid, and has
that had Yesulted in the lass of all
not even practiced that �iece of ele�
he.r immense dependencies on the Am-
ment&r- dom tW economy which con-
erican mainland.
81-sts in leaving sometbing I to the pro-
durer W serve as a kind of .nestegg.
She forgot, in fact, the principle in-
cuitcated. by the Bible whoin it forbittle
the muzzling of the -ox that thrashes
the earn '
I Greed and cruelty are Wdeed the
chief cau,ses of Spain's decay as a great
colonial enipire. ller deliendencie,s, "ifl-
tramar," that iis to say, beyond (he
sea, besides being fleeced by the Mad-
rid Government have been robbedwith-
out scruple by the royal officials and
adminiArators, all of who)m have been
Sparliurds appointed by the sovereign.
Spaiiiish America, which comprised in
the early yyart (if this century, the
whole of South Aniprica., with tile ex-
oeption of Brarzil, the entire region of
Central America, including Mexivo, and
wore. than it thi.rd of what is now tile.
Cnited States we-, divided into four
vice royalties, bearing the names of
Mexico, Peru, Buenos Ayres ail(] ,New
Grenada, arid into three captain tren-
Pral4hiPs, Chili, Caracas and Gusto -
mala. Thme, vioeroys and Captain Gen-
erals wpre ac,countable only to the
monarch of Stinitt, and exercised the
niost. autocratic and despotic sway,
(heir. %vord being law in .all I eginlfttive,
judicial and military affairs. Thpi r
Cermis of office v6ere from four to mix
ynars, and they invariably returned to
11 ,
Rpaln With ('010';801 fortulles aillassed
by nefarious mearls. I
DESPOINIRNI HELD SWAY.
The tyranny with which Spoin ruled
h.er American V010niQ-4 is almost incred-
ible. I'liere was EL strict censorship of
literattife. No hooks could be import-
ed of which file ecele4ja'stle's disap-
proved. At (Ili- beginning of (be re-
volution in 1910 Peru and Chili possess-
ed between them only one printing
press. Intercourse vii1h other voun-
iries was as far its possibIL prevent-
ed. The King of Spain reserved to
�imself 4he right. of. granting tit- rpfus-
ing passports Co such of his so)) ' jeets
as desired to visit the colonies, anti no
coloniist was"Illowed to visit Irtirove
or even a neighboring colon y -wilhout
I he slw6ial permission of the Captoin
ueneral of the province in whiell he..
lived.
Shipmasters, other than Spaniards,
w.ho attempted to enter the harbor (if
any Spaniovil colony, ,in also merchants
w4io, traded -without official permission,
were Tyuniii-bed wi(h death. To increase
hin revnnue the KinR sold to the so-
crilled Philippine Company, sin ossori-
Ation of Sp,anitih mpreb,rints trading in
America, ai well as in th,i far Orienl,
the, itiole right, of importing and ex-
porCing to till(( from his colonies ev-
ery description or merchandise, and of
fixing the prices at which it might
he sold. Death ,vv-n.q the penalty of
trading wiihoult- thin company's lin-
ense. The colonists were compelled to
-sell thle.tr produce at prices fired by
ihs oompiany, uhase not profLts were
at thiet rate of 300 pier cont.
The minp-any w" also allowed to
maintain a floot of armed vessels
known as Guylxda Costas, to prevent
tradini Rnd IntierrourRe wilix any ship
or individual unfurriNlied with ill,,
company's linexise. fn fact, the op-
Tiression and depotism wil h which Spnin
administered her colonial posicemlonsin
thi,q berniqpherA "ill(] be beyond be-
Iief wwria it nblt f(w IW fant that It
%urvivad until afew mftthA awn In
lhh Philippine Telands In all Its meoll-
aeval horror. ,
9TIArN DRJVBN OFF TTITS CONTIN-
ENTIM . .
The ottrieest; ot the Males. of the
N)wth Am#TJmn rappillic enolouragod
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CAVALRY HORSES IN WAR.
They Act Very 111luch lyke a Man Before
and Arter a Battle.
A veteran cavalry hor,se partakes of
the hopes and fears of battle just the
Same as his rider. As the column
swings into line. and witits, the horse
grows nervous over the waiting. If the
wa,Lt is spun out lie will tremble and
sweat arid gro,w apprehensi;ve, 'If he
has been six months in service he knows
every bugle call. Aw the call (.owes
to advance, the rider can feel him -work-
Ing at Llre bit with hW tongue to get
.
it between his teeth. An he moves out
he will either seelk to ,gett an faster
than he should or bolt. tie cannot bolt,
however, 'the lines will carry him for-
, .
wa.rd, and after a itiLnutet he will grip
the bil, la,y back his ears, andt one can
feel hi,s sudden resolve to brave the
-worst and have done, with it as soon
-I
as possible. When the troopers begin
to cheer and the sabres to flash the
horee responds. An exultation fills hi,,4
heart, ho will .Scream out, and big eyes
blaze, and tire fixed .Steadily in front.
No Inatter how obstinate he was tit
the Start ha will not, fail ag the lineq
carry the, last fifty feet of .4pave. If
a volley comp,4 anti tie is unhurt he will
lower,hioi ht,ad, and then t;lke 11 Slid -
den breath for 11w orash. If cliargin
infantry hi- -%%ill thunder .4traigill. ;It
a man and kilock Jilin ([own ; if Ligain-it
it title. of horsemen he will lift 11 i.4 head
-
and front feet an if groing over ,i fence.
A man seldom rri#�s, out %heii hit in
tile. turmoil of battle. It .is the sanie
with it horse. Five Irooriers out of six,
,o,hen Niruck -by it hutlel, tire out, of
their saddies within a minitte. If )tit
ill the breast or shoulder, txp go thpir
hands arid they get it beovy fall� if
in th-A leg or oTool or arill, 1hoy rall for-
ward and roll off. Even with a foot cut
off by a jagged piove (if ,4hell a bor4e
will not. drop. R is only ,.i.-hpli shot
through the head or lipart that ho
volnes do%Xn. liern,93, lie fahilly i%ound-
ed, hkII liv, hiihfIP4 out of 1he fight lo
right. oz, left, and xtatidg with drooping
hi� . ad until loss of- blood firings him
down.
Tb- horse Chat loses his rider anti
is unwounded hinixelf will continue tc
run with his set of fours, until Poin '
movement throw -s him out. Then lie
pen gallopLtig hery and there., neigh-
ing with fear and alarin, but he will
not. leave the. field. Ili his racing about
he MR7 get. am , ong the (lead and vround-
hut, he will dodge them if possihle,
and in any case leap over them. When
Ire h,%g come upon three or four oibpi
riderless nteedA they " fall in," anti
ket-,p together, ors if for mutual protec-
tion, anti the " rally " on th!� bugle
ma'y bring Cho whole of them into the
ranks in . a body.
A hortne wbirh has Passed through R
bnttle unwounded iq frotful, sulky nn,l
nervans-the name as a ninn-for the
next itiree or four dayg. His first hat-
Ite ijs also the making or unmaking
of him as a war horse. If Chet nervous
tension has been too great he will be-
come a bolter In the fac ane
and thereby become a danger in him-
qplf. If the, teot han not been beyond
hi in, he will go Into the next fight wit h
head held high and fleoks of foarn blow -
;ng from his mmith as he thundersover
Che earth.
PURELY PERSONAL.
,
—
totem About Some of the Great Folks 01
the World.
J 18 A VERY ANCIENT CITY
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA ONE OF THR
Zola received the swa of A18 for his OLDEST IN THE WORLD.
first book; for `L'Aasommoir" he re- —
oaived 126,000. Second go Santo DoAultago-FoandedNearl
The buke of MAI'lliorough is one of Four Hundred Tean Age and still
the most enthusiastic of amateur fire- 1161alivii Many Old-I'line Cnistonsit-The -
mon, anti takes, a keen interest in the City Ifus a Memorable Illestory.
Fire Brigade Union. Ile freqpently The naw Sa,utiago given to the
�%ears a fireman's uniform himself, former capital signifies in English St.
Kaiser 'Wilhelm is annoyed in his James, and hits at various times been
drives about Berlin by bicyolters who valled Saa Jago. San Diego, and Sairti-
ride around his carriage with no re- ago, all NNilh the hame meaning. It is
gard for eti4liette. Ri-ce"LlY an .,ituuLed 45) miles in it direct line
jk%kLkward oyeter ran his machine into SOULII-east of Iltoviiiia, dud is still the
the Emperor's carriage. . �hief city Of tile ewii,eirk depwrtment of
Verdi, now 82 years old, rides on Cuba- It is the rubidential town of
horseback every day. Jae composes E6
little every mottling, phLyn cardis with the archbishop. Lind is the beat Of sev-
his family in the afternoon, and in the. e tal yearly religiuus ittzinvals, which
evening likes to read poehy arid phil- art, ce'ela-al.ed �NiLh pump all(i Ce Co-
osuphy. trway. .
The pope made eight hogsheads OZ Santiago is the terminui of Lv%u rail-
%%iL'e Cast year from tile 6neyard in road lines. one u: N%hich is the outlet
thit Vatician gardens. A ama,li paitof of LoLn&i do Cob;'e, ilia ce ebl'ated VOP -
the NNI116 is reso,rved. for his own use, per Luiues sil.Llaied hievera.1 miles ia-
another portion iii .sent to the churches iand, 'ilia set und I ailt oad Passes
to be used at mass, and tile r8sL is Bold , *
Lieut. -Gen, von (ter Gultz, better through the rich wugur country, alf-
known us Von der Coltz Pasha, tile re- fording transportatiou for that Staple
Organizer of the Turkish Army, has artie,Le Of exilot-La,tioll. The expurtis
been appointed luspectorJjeuerut of from Santiago are Said to reach the sum
of $8,000,000 annually. TOhitevo, huney.
Fortresses in the German At -my, In 'e 1080 UK-
t� I ruin, ouctia, alld mahO;;any UL
Place of Gen. Vogel vol, Cqlikenal , n.
The office is secon'd in importance only ported in gieat quaai�ities. Sautiago Is
to Chief of the Geuerat ��,taff. eno�osed oil Lbree sidei by hills ribing
kiam Stick'a son, Sir Arthur Ilali- ra.pidly from tilt, bay LO mountains of
Iyurtun., 1"te Permanent Secretary of great, 11eight. and beauty, whi,A heiides
the War Department, was tuade a peer I being 1,uvely to look upon affurd per -
oil the Queen's birthday, and is said fect drainage to the city. I
by the Court Journa,l to have selco-ted WRETCHED SLATE uv S,rftEETS.
the title of Baron Haliburtou. 118 is
a native Nova 8,cotiull arl(I the first, The streets art,, all alike, and appar-
Bluc Nose to enter tile House of Lords, ently have not been iepa,Lred since
Mr. Gladstone at tile time Of hiAjirst constructed four hundred years
death wits a member of the Royal Aca- I agu. Sta,rl.ing at the shove, the streets
domy, holding the sinecure office of! which are very narrow, run directly up
�
Professor of Ancient History. Other 'I the hillside, ii, disuit-noe of one hundred
honorary members of the Acad 3 - - and fifty feet or more. Tropival rains
sre not artists are. Mr. Lecky, who is I have washed g.rOat gutters down the
SeCr(AarY for Foreign Correspondence; I
Bishop Creighton of London, Profe.ssoc I rutids, in some plac,es three and four
of Ancient Literature, and Mr. Francis feet deep, and the tniffio hu.s upi-ooted
C. Penrose, antiquary, the cobblestones laid hundreds of yettra
M' CelicOUrt, 1k 18,WYOV Of A111111-itILIS, I ago, and Left in the road pitfalla arid
NNho was the last advucdte in the island mantrap, -i for tile unwary. The main
to plead in French, has been made ai street, upon %�hicll the American Con -
Knight of the Legion of Honor. \N'horl
the British I sul lived, is in such & condition of tie -
Government many years cay that no effilet is made to IdIrive a
ago ordered that English should -be the ve�hicile through it, and even w horse -
official lauguage, of MituriLil I
certain day, M. Cletivourt on the last inan cann(A tide through it after dark.
day talked from noon till midnight, jThere is risk in attompting to na.vig-
inding up with a farewell to hi,4 ate the streel on foot in broad daylighk.
mother tongue. �V
4 -ust of the sLi-eats have cement Side -
Charles Kean the younger's books w alks, Len or fifteeLi inches wide, but
anO Mementoes dire W be gold soon in in some streets eyea this accommoda..
London. Among them a.re tile folio tion is done awa-y, with,
Shakespeare presented by the Duke of, Sani.ittgO liar, the reputation of be-
D'evotiahlre to Edmund K in, a mut, lag the most unhealthy city in Cuba.
,
..
berry tree at Stratford-or�A "'. .ric �e Hen;xrried in by mouttuins, withl aid the
owned by Gurrhek, end the scales, � city's fit-th festering in the su.13, it is
Nveights, knife, and pa.rchment bond surprising that ye.11txw fever does not
us�,d by Edmund and Charles Kean make the city its regilkw, abiding place,
'when acting the part of Shylock. instead of visiting it annually, as it
Kaiser AVillielm draws the line at does. ,No charge is made, for living pic-
Je wa. Wrote in the streets of Santiago, and
A Magde,burg Hebrew, Proud children of hoth sexes and to the age
of his seventh boy, asked permission of ten or t�ve,lvef years. tolally dispense
bo call the,ohild William and to,have with cdothing, and chwse aboitut in tile
the 1,'mperor'a namo entered on the re- streets and highwilys in oustumosakin
gister its goolfa,ther. He received in to those worn by the only residents of
reply from the Government "the deLls- the Gandoin of Eden.
ion I bat the entry of his All Highness,s ALL TfIE HOMES BUILT ALIKE.
name as -godfather in the registry of Houses of the better cilass in the
names of children of Che Mosaic faith oity are tt,4 alike as two peas, and &
Is not, Permissible." description Of one amswera for ail.
Africa Seems to work on Prince Hen -4 Take the buoi-Iding whic,li. was occupied
ry of Orleans's temper, In his . by the American Conbul, situa,ted in
last; ex- a street absuluteiy impassable for any-
pedition he quarrelled with M. BOn- thing but podestrians. It is necessary
va,10t, 'his com.panion, returning to in- should one be driving,i to leave the c,a,r_ '
suit the Italian ariny, wbich led to his riagL alt the ejorner of the street. arid
duel with the Count of Turin. 3,he pick ilia way 'down the so-catlied Side -
L 1 walk to the Old-fashioned building
expedition into A43,ssinia, which he I
has Just entered upon with the Russian ! re,cogn-ized as the Congul's home hy
Geontieff. has already split. up into two the Americ,an eagie, -which surmounts
Iva rties, as the Prince arid 1�1 i the keystone. The wal is of the bui I d-
Leontieff ing are three feet thick, of wild ee-
could not agree from the st4rt ' l bardened to* the .solidity of
I ment,
Alany year,% iigo (he daughter of an marble, with windows one foot squa,re,
artist who was painting the queen was'set in ut, variousl arid unexpected places
discovered to be so exactly of the Same !in its front Nialt. The door posts are
stature as her majesty that she sat to !set in tiie ground ten feet, and the
-1building, as is evidenced by its
her father for the quelen'ts figui e, there Strength "aa built to resist the fra-
by relieving her 11111jetity Of many tedi- quLtut e4rthquaked. �
oil$ hours. This lady, whose name in I In the business di-4triot of the city
Miss Blanche Sully, now lives in ,tln� 0110 Cannot but be intore.-oAA with ilia
terica, to which country She went hack i quaint and peculiar appearance of file
loaded with exquisite pm -gents from'shups. The front of the shop building
lict, majesty. is entirely open, &rid inside can lie seon
Lord Wolswley is almost as devote the clerk divested of every particle of
�ulothing except such as is absolutely
to the pen 'is the Sword, and if he had necessary fur covering nakedness, co -
not been fated to Ile a field marshal I quetting with bright, gally-a(Lired mu -
.he would beyond question h*ave been I lattu girls. All the shopping is done
a Man of letters. He rises early in the 1 by servali(.4, the women of the aris-
I toe -racy nsver v44iting the shops, but
morning to write, and his Official duties sending for everything needed sither
only cornmence when a pile of APz. . for dress or for howsehold purposes,
tc,Ktifim to his industry with the ppn, Much of the shopping k (lone oil the
� FOr some, time iwstt he has employed a corners of the street whore heavy no-
numb`r Of COPYiSts in inaking extracts gresses sit on I lie ground, surrounded
for him in the arobivea of Veinice. 1.by huge baskets contadning fruit, veg-
Ot,
Kaiser Willielm oarrie.s with him .9. .� bles and yams.
striall but servioeable revolver either VEHICLES SELDOM SEE,*4.
in his pocket or in his belt whan in I Few vehict,'es axe seen in the itieets,
uniform. The threAts of the onar- and when seen Che poor beasts of hur.
chitits have oadsedfilm Co have recourse (ten are to be corurrikserated as there
I 11.4 absolulelY, no adre given to (he ani -
to this measure of see-urity. His Ina, !rnals, the owner al)parenLly desiritiq
jeaty is extremely skillful in the lise !only to get a.4 much isork ,is tmssihle
of the weapon, and lite chas,spur wlio out of the lipast.-i before (boy surrender
aocomir
, ani,Ls him every%Nherft hits had to fate aud drop (lead in their tra.�kq.
orders to inspect it Pvvr� morning in Half �%a.� up the hill back of tile
order to m,ika sure tha,t it: in in -vi oi king city. 4ituated upim it piaza, where Ilia
ordi,r. mi!itary iiand lilay4 wi f,erlitin oven -
Few people know how Bismarck and ings. s(amk Itie cothedral, tile must
P-etentiOUS Fttll 'tille fit Sautiaklo. 'I'llit
his ,Lnicestors got thF-ir njime. Bis-'calhAra.4 is tho largo-st. and linest on
rivirek in the name of one of 1hose till- the is!,and of Cuba, but ilm N�alls, built
cient cantles a. short disLanen from of ]to, OLIN stone.%% hich issleadily Crumb-
titendal. oil the road frolit Cologne to
, liIIg A%1,113', give it tile lippealarlee of
Berlin, in the. center of the ol(I Afilrqu_ bAng muth-eati�n. The city al.ouri(I4 in
inateor Rrandeuii,urg. The oitsllt� hit(, c:ub-hou4esi, there being .six foi, a pop -
this name. because it, defended tit e u'ation of only 45,000. Gainihling-hous,is
",Nliirca," or the line where the River axe �% idv (yen and an un(whsi ructed view
Ili .- formed a boundary ill former "n be obtained fronii the streolm of I ho
I i mi S. or mark of defenso against in- Interiors of fliew, rpsorts. where ilin
r u ote rs * Flence t he n,,rne of .Tti.q_ Spaniard and Cohan can get rid of
ralarck, his .surplus vilsh.
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,,4itillngn is memorab'e histmietilly,
Lord Sa I inbu ry reiwhed hi4 sixty- niolitily for the Frerich '04-cupalion 4
eighth hirthday revently, Only one or 1553. anti the affair ( if the Virginhuq
the quppn'n rprime miniMers, 1Nlr, (,11;ld_ just t%%enty-five years ago, whi.-h re-
4uflod in the Citt.yinent, hy the Spanish
stone, has held that office longvr than ' Government tollie. VnitedSta.tes of:in
Lord 8,ilialiury,. who. roughly spesiking, indemnity for tile rattroler of Captain
lik,� Lord Palmerston, hasheen chipf of Fry and thocrow1of thal. vessel. 8:infi-
tlip enhinel for nine years; but Mr. ago has also been the sPat of Most
Pi(t wiia head of the f�ovprnment con- Of tile political uprisings agairmt ilia
thitiously for seventeen Vp:irs, anti tile oppressive rule of tile home Govern-
E,arl of Liverpool. %%ho �,-wlmed office men( and it long line of patriols have
in 18N, on the asmasination of Mr, Per- licien shot on Ihe ramparts of the
Civftl, remained prime minister for just ' Morro, Castle Overhanging the harbour.
upoix fifteen years, Of course, f'ord The city contains a theatre. a run -
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miliabury has lvppn foreign minister for (oni house, barravics, and hospital.
a much longer period. Poundries, -,cap %%orks, fanyards And
eigar factories ars the only induqIrial
The German emperor and empressnri- establishments. The exports have
the earliest risers of all European sov- been steadily,doevemsing since 1985, no-
ereigna, but with them 11, is it case of (iceably in copper ore, in which they
following out. Che rule of "Fiarly to bed "' t one time a,mountedi to 25,000 Cowl an-
nually, hul now Ch"yjliavp dwindled. to
and early to rise," for they retitle As greatly diminished quantities,
early an 10o'clook. At 5o'clock in the . . — ,
summer and 6 o'clock in I lie winter I hr POWER, TO DRIVE A 111CYCLE.
emperor Is tip and nbout. arid the em. The driving of a bicycle At, ten miles
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lor,-sq ilses only a little litter, that; she an hour has been ascertained to require
may lie re,ady bprwlf to prepare her about one Lwnenty-third oC it hni-Afi pow -
ford an rriaatod life first cup of coffee. nr. An expert rider for a sho�-f time
I'he, children of the imperial pair are may exert one-third of a horse -power.
hrouglif up to follow titipir parents' ex- For rapid work, no(-. scorching, on(%-SAV'-
;Imple in this as In ove,ry way. Th I, enth homp-powor is noicided. Those fig.
I"11IT"Tor of Austria Is another mon- tires are the result of a so,iontific in-
aZ who breakfasts with the lark. Vestigation. I
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