Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1894, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. PARLIAMENT BUILDING ITALY. ITALY’S PARLIAMENT Where the Legislators Meet and_ Make Laws. EE PABICAL AND CONSERVATIVE WINGS | \nteresting Account of a Visit to the Chamber of Deputies. DYNAMITE SCARE THE Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROME, Italy, 1s OR DAYS AFTER the bomb explosion in front of the house of parliament per- sons entering the chamber of deputi were searched. their pockets were unusually full, it was the more unlucky for them. One day a tf m a n—doubtless pockets full of stones. On being asked v they were for, he replied that he had Leen sight seeing in the forum of Trajan, and had picked up these marbles as curios. His purpose tas to weigh t and ascertain the densities rent varieties of mar! If this | nad not been relieved of his ardians of the public ht have been a commotion ies that day. t bomb everybody ex were few Di Monte Citor at ted a who who | more slowly in Went through the did not draw after passi * parti hey the wall of Precurse that Q tothe ett owa tragic But still three years paid a tax of three thousand lire, he may be chosen a senator. The ut- fice frequently descends from father to son, and is sometimes awarded for some merl- torious deed, or for bravery in time of war. The king cannot appoint a senator who is less than forty years of age. Once a sen. ways a senator, for it Is a life ofti-c. is no pecuniary recompense for these as they receive no salary at all. They, as well as the deputies, are allowed tree passes on all railroads in Italy, and may send mail postage free. Chamber of Deputies. The “camera de deputati,” or chamber of deputies, is a very interesting place to visit. Gne must have a permit from one of the deputies in order to enter the gal leries and observe the proceedings. More fortunate are those who are admitted to the president's gallery, which is almost over the platform and the seats for the ministry. The building now occupied as the chamber of deputies was begun four hun- ago as a palace for the great nily, but was iintshed by one of to serve 2s a papal tribunal. In interior court was roofed over and room are held the sittings of the jament. The “chamber” vs furnished ry tastefully with carpets and upholstery 2 bright shade of blue and is lighted by ky xch representative has his ied with all conventenccs, electric bell to cull a messenger, &c. There are no be ses, all of the ‘attendants being men, some of them already In middle who look as if they had spent years in sanged in a semi-circle er's desk and the speaker, Signor Bian- its im a large carved chair in the of the platfor rv side are clerks. Just below the speaker's seat, the floor of the house, is a long desk, hind which are the ministers of state. gnor Crispi d not occupy either the center or end seat, but takes third place % ful. Gutw d peace foreign erly worth are no taxes. So great is uh for ver ime mint tee, own cai Crispi and the Cardinal. Crispi liv cup’ CHAMBER O He is a splen- i man. } All of the , except one Who Is a sen- are deputies and vote on ail measures. ertix aud Conservative On the extreme left of the speaker sit the of whom are Sicilians. The sited the “camera” , Signor Imbriani, was holding 4 discussion with Stqnor minister of and con: trom he majort who an, talks as with his tongue ever. The “cham- ter whi he dis- ny The speaker us Net to quiet the aud- » debaters and Signor y rung down : Signor Bian- who are rather r divisions of seats thes, Above nen, One for the or for hig friends, f the lors Durinj iscuss perfect quict. I ne in ventures to speak Y a whisper is at once hissed into silence. ction of Deputies, At present there are 509 deputies. This implies an equal number of electoral col- ariia- ld be they called here, or as they w ara ncies, on by virtue of pay- ning large factories or rtain «amount of house tin literary or pr A man may vote rs old, ble requirement how rei ra is raxe to find a ng ch who can etween the n ry, t attend y ch 4 mus the posit! 8 jon that the leader | ly has about eight | 144) men of its population. | but a] and | he will leave a good business to come to Rome and take his place with the law- | makers. Some of them pay out a good deal of money in the elections, and it is said that Prince Sodarewski, who is now on his third term of office, spends 10,000 francs yearly in sustaining his position. The only salaried members of the parlia- ment are the ministers, who, Crispi in- cluded, receive $5,000 a year. Making Laws for Italy. Motions on any subject may originate in the senate, except on questions of finance. These are always discussed first in the chamber of deputies. The deputies also de- cide the different classes or ranks from which the senators may be chosen. Both chambers vote on every question, and then the result ts submitted to the king, who set- tes it finally. Deputies are divided into nine committces of fifty cr sixty members each. A chaltisan ts eiected for each com- mittee. These nine chairmen then form a higher court. A question or resolution is presented to the clambe-:, and ‘s sent to one of these committees, according to its subject. After being considered and dis- eussed by the committee, it is sent to this higher court, and afterward is read only once in the chamber, and is voted on. Every day the order of proceedings is printed and each ceputy knows just what questions will be brought up. The method of balloting !s very peculia>. In front of the speakers desk, raised above the heads of the ministers, is a row of boxes, If there are seven questions to be voted on, they use seven sets of these boxes. Two con- stitute a pair; one lined with white velvet,the other with purple. Their habit is to vote on several questions at once. The deputies rise frem their seats and pass up to the left of the platform, where a man hands them an ; equal number of black and white balls. | Tne question is written over each ballot box. If the deputy votes in favor of a question, he drops a white ball in the right hand one of the pair of ballot boxes, and puts the black ba. in the other; if he opposes a measure, he reverses the method, and puts the black ball in the right-hand box, thus making the same number of balls in each box. A clerk on the platform records the vote as they pass by in front of him. At the conclusion of the balloting the tellers gather the balls in blue velvet-lined baskets and count them. A walk through the building was ac- corded me through the kindness of the youngest deputy, a representative from | Sicily. He showed me the tine reading rooms, of which there are four or five. Long tables hold hundreds of the latest newspapers magazines and reviews in English, French, German and_ Italian. Comfortable arm chairs are provided, and electricity Ights up the great chandellers when darkness comes. The writing room, with its long tables covered with pens and ink and paper of all sizes, from the large foolscap to the dainty note paper, on which the deputies write to their lady friends, mented with the pretty blue crest of contains every facility for correspondence. For Leisure Moments. The library fills mary large rooms, well | lghted by broad windows and electricity. There are about forty or fifty thousand volumes, all carefully indexed after the latest system. Here are found books on all subjects, and in nearly every language. We noticed in one room long rows of our Congressional Records, well bound in calf. in each room, 2s well as in the hallways, are electric bells, which are rung from the “chamber” to summon deputies to vote. In the pleasantest part of the bulld- ried F DEP UTIES. ing are the apartments of the speaker. There are several reception rooms, very handsomely ‘ur- nished, a large library, a dining room and bed room. Signor Biancher! dees not live here, but some of the speakers have pre- ferred to do so. The one room which look- ed as if it was used daily was a small one at the end of the suite. It had three large windows, the walls were covered | with stamped, gilded leather and sofas and easy chairs, upholstered with the same embossed leather, looked very inviting. In a large, open fireplace blazed a cheerful for the use , | Wood fire, and on a table near {t stood several whieb | cut-glass decanters and_ bottles, looked as though the president of | the chamber occasionally allowed himself to partake of refreshment. A box of ci- | ars stood nearby. A man servant keeps this apartment in perfect order and 1s | ready at any moment to respond to the speaker's bell. L. B.C. It Has Prompted Every Owner It Has Had to a Deed of Bloodshed. From the Kansas City Times. There was really nothing remarkable about the appearance of the knife. A cas- ual observer, before hearing its history, Would have seen a cheap, malleable steel blade, a curved hilt and deerhorn handle, with brass trimmin; After hearing its history, he would have seen more. Stains here and there would have appeared, taint or indistinct, according to the power of his imagination. It was to those stains that the weapon owed its place in the cabinet of curiosities at the police headquarters. “There's something queer about that knife,” said the oldest man on the force, “and I don't pretend to tell what it {s. T'll tell you the story, and let you judge for yourself: “Thirteen years ago a boy found it one morning in a little hut down in the bot- toms, Three inches of the blade was de- filed with blood, which marked the distance it had penetzated the body of an old man Who lay beside it dead. The man was Olaf Pederwoski, an indigent peddler. The mur- derer was never found. The knife, however, was brought to the station, and :vas sold the next spring at auction. “Three days after the sale the thing was again in our hands, as was its owner, Her- Sawyer. Sawyer was a cobble: b: trade down on West Berger street. He h always borne a good reputation, and his stabbing that Cotfield woman, without ap- parent provocai explained. ter a while, and Sawyer was let off with a light fine. The knife stayed with us a year, and the coming spring was again sold. The prope-ty clerk's book showed the sale was made to Cyrus Bentley, a negro, and in less than a week Cyrus Bentley was be- hind the bars. He ting a companion in a saloon brawl. He had thrown the knife away after the af- fray, and it was found a month or so |, at fter- ward by some laborers in a vacant let. We lost track of the thing for a number of years, but one night two men were brought to the station here covered with blood. | They had Leen fighting, and the officer iad interfered just in time to prevent a vital thrust. In searching the men before im- nament I found on oue of them that f Its been here ever since. We wouldn't sell it now for any price, and I wouldn't carry {t one night for all the wealth of Christendom.” Then the brass-buttoned psychologist | walked away, and we stood looking at the | | charged ‘with cut- | | child and WINNING HIS STAR OR THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL TRAVERS. ‘Written for The Evening Star by Sam Clover. (Copyrighted, 1894. All rights reserved.) CHAPTER Xil. BE AWOKE SUD- denly, a frightened yell from one of the boys causing him to spring from his bunk into the middle of the room. As he did so a horrible, grinding sound was heard, which seemed to come from the heart of the boat and was accompanied by a series of shocks that racked the vessel trom stem to stern. This was followed by @ succession of bumps which threatened to pound the timbers Into kindling wood. With a sickening intuition of some great disaster, Paul scrambied into his clothes, disregarding the babel of helpless questions hurled at each other by the panic-stricken stewards. Pulling his cap on tight and but- toning his coat as he ran along the passage, the lad mounted the companionway two steps at a jump, and in less than a minute reached the deck above. it was about 5 o'clock in the morning. ‘The stars still appeared overhead, but a heavy mist enveloped the entire ship, ren- dering it impossible to see twenty feet in ary direction. There was no need to ask foolish questions. 1t was only too evident, from the repeated concussions, that the vessel had struck a reef, and like a flash the gossip of the night previous, and above all, poor Davy's dream, darted across Paul's brain. He peered anxiously about for a sight of his chum, but in that uncertain light and with a score or more of hysterical pas- sengers running helplessly in every direc- tion, the search was useless, and he turned his attention to the huif-dressed women and children who crowded up from below, weep- ing and wringing their hands. The spectacle presented by the heipless, frightened women and terrified children was long to be remembered. Their shrieks and cries of despair served to intensify the awful situation, and lent additional horror to the scene. The bumping continued in- cessantly, and the ship very soon began to fill with water, which poured in through a big gash in her stern quarter. The Ko- turah was fast between two jagged, gap- ing rocks, which she had struck almost head on. Although the engines had been stopped and reversed, it was too late to be of any service. Apparently the boat was doomed. It was impossible to make any movement looking to a rescue until the fog lifted or daylight broke, and his ulter helplessness for the moment unnerved the ceptain, who met the piteous appeals of the passengers with equally depressing respons Then, seeing the bad effect this temporary weak- ness produced, by a supreme effort the skipper pulled himself together and in a voice that was surprisingly steady issued orders for every passenger to form in a circle around the mainmast unul he and his officers should decide what was best to be done. In half an hour the mist cleared a bit and as daylight waxed stronger the ceri- ousness of the situation was revealed. The boat was ashore on a very dangerous icef at the most desolate, imhospitabie poiit along the entire New Zealand coast. The swell was so terrific that every few min- utes huge seas broke over the vessel, carry- ing off all loose fixtures in their resistiess rush and such of the unfurtuaate passen- gers who chanced to be ¢: t in their mighty embrace. After a hurried consultation it was de- cided that communication with land must be essayed immediately, and Captain Bar- rett ordered one of the forward boats to be cleared for lowering. As it swung ready over the side a score of ste e Passen- gers crowded up with the intention of fere- ing thelr way in, but the lecermined man- ner in which the commander wielded a stout belaying pin had the eftect of quelling their ardor. Scowling and muttering they fell back, sulky but subdued. The boat was lowered away, but the :o- ment it struck the water It was lifted clean off the tackle by which it was suspended and dashed against the ship's side, tiling and sinking at once. The piloc boat was then made ready and swung over at a point where the water was « little smogiher. This attempt was successful and the pas. sengers cheered when the second officer, Mr. Riley, with six saflors and a volunteer from the steerage climbed in and pulled away. In half an hour Riley revurned and re- ported that on account of the heavy surf it was inapossible to get within 500 feet of the shore, but the passenger, a young fellow named Carey from Timaru, had jumjcd overboard and swam safely to :and, ax he was afterward seen climbiag a bluff and Waving his hands, The captain looked glum when he re- celved this bit of news. He had fuliy ex- pected to be able to land his passengers with the ald of the boats, but It was evi- dent from Riley's statement that the wo- men and children stood a poor chance of escape in that direction. Even a good swimmer was likely to be drowned in the treacherous surf. Another hasty confer- ence followed, and then it was decided to try to pass a Mne ashore from the ship, that appearing to be the only possible method of effecting a landing. Riley and his men, being pretty well ex- hausted, the captain called for volunteers =those only who could swim—and six o: rage passengers pressing forward, e placed the boat in charge of the first e, with instructions to use every en- ravor to get a line to the shore. It looked then as if the v were the safer place, which probably accounted for the few who offered to leave. As soon as the volunteer crew was off Capt. Rarrett ordered all the women and children moved forward to the smoking room, amidships, where there was more protection from the seas, which now b Sweeps over the afte It was during one of these mighty was that poor Davy was carried away. The la had been sent below to firh out a lante and just as his head ve deck n and Knocked him s S but at this moment a terri vi ne of water was impelled over the vessel's side, and as it rushed away to port poor Davy was whirled along with it as if h 1 been a cork. Pau! caught one slimp: spairing face as he r the crest of the wave Was swept out of his Shocking as the not a noment to sy for his lost chum. like lead. The living him forbade yielding to any his white, de- se for an instant on , and then the boy ght forever, ecident was, Paul had nd in sheiding tears art was around no matter how great the prov There were women weeping and children sob- bing; women that were half-dressed, with wild’ eyes and disheveled halr, who held thelr little ones close to their breasts and alternately we : r hys- terical anguish. To them he gave his con- stant attention, ow soothing a frightened presently uttering words of cheer to its distracted mother. The lad knife, marveling that we had not noticed | | before the great brown stains which marred | the brightness of its blade. coe | Three Unsuccessful Euphemisms, | Brom the Bostou Pilot. | “Wood's Hole” was the original name of | a place on the coast of Massachusetts. When it became a fashionable watering i i | the name was changed to Wood's ," as being more genteel, althougi. meaningless. The national government has | just reviv the 1 the first name officially, and tevel folk are indignant, as others of k were when the government refusei e n’s sake | keep quiet about the gers are scared enough alre I must send Riley ‘ » the name of New York’s dan- : erway, “Hell Gate” to the idtatle | H *" This Miss Nancy delicacy }r Vermont purist who revlaced Ja apostrophe of Byron, beginning | | (0 Godt with what he thought the more refined “O Gosh!" entirely forgot his own discomforts and peril and for hours devoted himself to alle- vii ng in some measure the miseries of the poor creatures, who appeared to have lost all self-control in the presence of this awful catastrophe. It was not that Paul was any braver than the rest, but his spirits seemed to become more buoyant in the face of danger, and a strong determination to contest to the end took irresistible posse: of him. He could not believe th to here on at Momentous journey, and the thought him additional coura There w no philosophy in this, perhaps, bat {dea was comforting, and the lad chertshe it accordingly Chancing to be r ar the captain, short! after the first officer left with his volunteer crew, Paul was attracted by the earnest manner in which the skipper followed with his glass the receding boat. Pr: hi saw him make a gesture of despair and with an agonized face turn to the second engineer. “Mack wful. nd his men are roller knocked ‘¢ he exclaimed, swamped and Pearson in the breake A blind ndways and I'm afraid y one is drowned. For hea “this 4 out again to make another trial.’ The second mate, with three sailors and three volunteers, manned a second boat and succeeded in getting clear of the reef. Only the mate knew of the disaster which had overtaken the first officer. There was no need to caution him about keeping a sharp lookout, for he realized that the fate of the entire ship depended largely on the success of his efforts. It was 10 o'clock before the second boat was launched, and the four hours of day- light had given every one an opportunity to form some idea of the desperate situation in which the ship was placed. The Koturah was apparently a hopeless wreck,with her nose jammed hard and fast on the ugliest reef to be found anywhere along the New Zealand coast. A big hole in her stern Quarter admitted tons of water at each wash of the seas, every influx of which ma- terially weakened the structure. Groaning and writhing as if in mortal agony from the ‘strain, the vessel threatened to go to pieces at any moment. So long as her bows re- mained nipped in the jaws of the reef she was fairly safe, but the constant shocks made this a very uncertain tenure. Capt. Barrett was right in believing it an im- perative necessity to either effect a landing on the coast or take the remaining beats and pull out to sea. Why he did not adopt the latter course while the opportunity last- ed will never be known. Paul was not the only person who won- dered why the ship chanced to be so near shore when she struck. From a hasty ex- planation he overheard Capt. Barrett giv- ing the chief engineer he learned that on | account of the heavy fog the skipper had | mistaken his position, and not making due | allowance for the southerly swell imagined | the Koturah ly much further out. When | the ship struck the second mate was in| charge of the deck, the captain having just retired believing all was weil. The boat) Was running about ten knots an hour—a cod average speed. The lookout, thinking he heard the breakers, reported to the mate, who ran to call the captain instead vi ucling instantly himself. The delay proved fatal, Hurrying on deck Capt. Bar- rett scented the danger immediately and ordered the helm hard-a-starboard and the ergines reversed, but the headway was so great that before she could swing around the vessel went on the rocks, For two long hours the \f-drowned Passengers watched and waited for Riley's return. Cold, hungry, and wet to the skin, a more miserable set of human beings could searcely have been found. At 12 o'clock the captain instructed the chief steward to try to pass some kind of food forward for the passengers and crew, few of whom had e.ten a mouthful since the night previous. For this service two voluntéers were called. The pantryman, a bright young fellow from Gcelong, and Paul were the first to respond, and a line being made fast to the waist of each the two clasped hands and watched their opportunity to dash aft to the store- room. Almost drowned in the attempt they man- aged to emerge with a supply of soaked crackers, some tinned meats and an Edam cheese which they had hastily thrown into a canvas bag that was fastened to the pantryman’s belt. There was not enough to go around, so it was divided among the shivering women and hungry, crying chil- dren. A second venture was essayed and the bag filled with hard biscuit, which sorry food was apportioned among the male passengers and crew. Probably tew on the Koturah at that time fully realized their imminent danger. The fog having completely lifted, land was Seen comparatively close by and occasion- ally the dim outlines of persons moving about on the shore could be discerned. It absence became 80 wed that hope began to pale, for the tide coming in, the sea grew much rougher and poured continuously through the ship, which was likely to go to pieces at any minute. During a temporary lull the second mate was scen trying to make up to the vessel, but on account of the heavy swell he found it impossible to get alongside. After re- peated efforts he was forced to desist, and with a despairing gesture he waved a wood-bye and pulled out to the open sea, where the waves were calmer and the danger of being dashed on the reef less imminent. ‘This action on the part of his subordinate decided Capt. Barrett to waste no more Precious time in trying to effect a landing on the cruel coast. “But before he could put his plan into execution a perfect avalanche of water descended on the doomed ship, carrying away the long boat, cutter and dingy, and leavirg him entirely heiple: As if in furious competition for their prey this was followed by unother monstrous Which swooped down upen the heip- less wreck from the opposite quarter, te: ing away a big section of the forward bul- warks, behind which nearly a score of pas- sengers lay couched. In a moment all were precipitated tn the angry waters, their piteous appeals for help falling on the ears of those who were powerless to render the slightest assistance, This fearful disaster, which might be their own fate any moment, had a most de- pressing effect on the survivors, who were now collected in the fo'castle, which was about the least exposed part of the ship. About twenty persons were left out of 150 souls. Some of the women were clad only in their underclothing and night dresses, over which a ship's blanket had been hasti- ly thrown. All were soaked through with salt water and suffered acutely from coid and hunger, physical discomforts which, however, were not to be compared with the mental tortures they endured. As the afternoon waned and the dreaded night wore on the situation grew more agonizing. At about 7 o'clock one of the sailors, lashed to the foremast, shouted: ‘Lights! Lights! A boat in sight.” Paul glanced at the captain, but he shook his nead despairingly; no vessel could possibly approach near enough the treacherous rocks to be of service. And so it proved. After trying in vain to beat up toward them, she Was at length compelled for her own safety to bear cut to sea, Since the loss of the small boats the only hope of rescue lay in assistance from a passing vessel, and when the passengers saw the ship's lights growing dimmer and less distinct some of them lost all conirol and fell to cursing and praying alternately, while the heart-rending shrieks of agonized Women and’ the incessant sobbing of their more self-contained sisters added ty the ightful picture of desolation. One old, white-haired minister from Napler tried to sing “Rock of Ages,” but his voice trem- bled so that he broke cowm completely and ended by blending his tears with those of the unfortunate females. During all this long, miserable day, by his many Ittle acts of unselfishness and his de- youon to the weak, trembling women, whom he tried in every way known to a cour- ageous heart to comfort and cheer, Paul had sreatly endeared himself to the captain, and the latter several times thanked the quiet- spoken American lad for his thoughtful and timely services, As they crouched together tn the fo'castle, waiting for the vessel's dissolution and what seemed to be certain death Capt. Barrett suddenly bent down to Paul, who was sup- porting the limp figure of a little girl, whose parents had been swept away. Travers,” he hoursely whispered, ‘Yes, sir, “If by any chance you get ts shore alive T want you to see the owners and tell them that if I made a mistake I did what I be- leved was for the best. Will you do this for me “That's all, Travers. elp to me, a great com! God ble: the bi You've been a great fort, lad, and may— and preserve you.” Then he 's hand In token of farewell, a groan that was half a sob id turned to speak a word of cheer to the sec- ond engineer, who, with a broken leg, was ed up against the foremast. or Paul's sympathy for the broken- rted ccmmander caused his tears to flow unchecked on the damp locks of his little charge, who had erted herself to sleep cn his breast wing calmer he breathed | an in prayer for his own deliverance ard fervently entreated the Almighty that the life of the brave captain might be in- eluded among the saved. From S o'clock unttl ‘midnight the only change in the tense situation was a last move of the survivors from the fo'castle to the rigging, made necessary as the wreck settled lower and lower in the water. It was not accomplished without incredible vrtions, due to the limp and exhausted condition of the women, who were more than half dead with fright and the terrible exposure. By supporting the maimed en- ginecr between them Paul and the captain ed the brave fellow to a position be the reuch of the wav sh he begged them to leave him t It was just | prior to this chang: ise that the good old minister pronounced a touching prayer invoking the blessing of the Almighty upon those who Were now apparently beyond all | { { | | | | earthly assistanc To Paul, young, vigorous and with the love of life se 1 hours in th ec: try! . 1 for the first time that da: ach one nt a sur- se s left to | his own, thoughts, which were anything but piring. so far in safety and| then to die It seemed too cruel too unreal! not b ble and his soul in anguish | his impending fate. He is eyes | | tight to shut out the horrible, ghostly figures, lashed all around him,’ and his] thoughts flew to that far-away home on the res of Lake Michigan. F > those f him forever! now, per- ‘ould not, lost | must not t It He would fight for his life to| | th If all e were drowned he must be He was too young to die! There was so much that he had planned to do! Surely he was not to be cut off so soon. | And then there was his mother! “Ah God!” he prayed, “let me live to see my dear mother once more!” A despairing cry from one of the unfor- | tunate creatures near him recalled Paul to | SANUEL si! the awful scenes in which he was a par-| ticipant. He opened his eyes in time to! See a young woman—she was a bride of | two days when she left Wellington, but | her husband had been drowned early in the | day—drop from her fastenings, and, strik- ing the lower shrouds, rebound thence into the dark waters. The boy past weep-| ing; a lump rose in his throat as he thought | of the poor girl and the sweet picture she made when, leaning on her husband's arm, | she proudly tripped across the gangway at | Wellington. But there were no tears to | shed; he was beyond that. He could only groan as he felt his heart strings vibrate, and he dumbly wondered if they would | Snap under the strain. Then he turned his where the sparse watchers had built huge | bonfires, whose bright flames could be plainly seen from the rigging. Occasion- | ally a weird figure could be discerned fit- Ung across the beach or piling more wood | on the blaze. That the wreck was visible eyes shoreward, to those on land Paul did not doubt, for the | W! glare from the fires flashed across the ship whenever fresh fuel was added. But it would have been madness to ven-| ture out; a boat had no chance for exist- | ence in the heavy seas that were running, | even if it escaped the treacherous surf. | Then, too, there were the rocks, those gap- | ing, jagged reefs on which the Koturah had received her coup de grace. No, there Wes nothing to do but to wait for death or the morning. If the ship held together un- Ul daylight there was still a hope for res- cue in case the seas went down. But the chances were slim. The boat settling fast, and as the waves mounted higher and sull higher toward the wretched survivors the weaker ones gradually lost all power of resistance. and parting their ae ped into the watery grave which engulfed them. (To be continued.) -o+—__—_ ‘TEN THOUSAND TONS A DAY, The Enormous Quantity of Paper Turned Out by American Mills. From the Philadelphia Times. It is a curious and rather startling fact that, next to the articles entering into food and clothing, paper is the most universally used commodity in the world. It would be an almost impossible task to find in any civilized community a person or business concern that does not, to a greater or les# degree, make use of paper in some of its various forms. Some philosopher has said that the civilization and prosperity of a country may be measured by its consump- tion of ‘. If this is as fair an index as seems upon reflection to be reasonable, statistics prove the United States to have distanced all the other nations of the world in the race of true development. Perhaps no line of bus- iness has had a more remarkable growth in the United States the past ten years than the paper-making industry. This is true in all branches, but especially so in the line of book and rews print papers. The American people are a nation of readers, and the rapidly decreasing prices of books and newspapers have greatly increased the consumption of paper in these two lines. One or 2 cents will purchase a mass of reading matter in the form of our great dailies, consisting of from eight to sixteen pages, while 12 to 20 cents will purchase handsomely bound and attractive books of standard and popular authors. The dally output of news print paper in the United States is about 1,200 to 1,500 tons. Just think of 125 or 159 carloads of newspapers mentally devoured each day in this coun- try! The production of news print is larger than any other grade. That of book paper is probably as much as 1,000 tons, and of writing 450 tons each daily. It will be interesting here to quote some of the figures of the paper industry in the United States. The gross daily capacity of the paper mills of the United States in operation during 1892-3 for all kinds and grades of paper was estimated at about 10,000 tons. Of this amount nearly 2,500 tons represented news print and book Paper, 1,80) tons wrapping paper, 850 tons strawboard, 450 tons writing paper and al- most 2,400 tons of the various other kinds and grades. The states which rank first in the produc- tion of paper are New York, Maine, Mass- achusetts, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, From these seven states comes nearly three-fourths of the entire paper supply of the country. By far the greater part of the vast output is consumed in the United States, the greatest paper- using country in the world. In foreign markets, however, American paper is gain- ing @ firm footing. The greatest consump- tion of printing paper is in the Sunday edi- tons of the metropolitan dailies, which often require from to 100 tons for a single issue. With the rapidly increasing output prices have as rapidly declined, until today a grade of news print paper worth twenty- five years ago 13 cents or 14 cents per pound is now sold at 2 1-2 cents or 3 cents —a decline in price unequaled in the history of any other industry. This enormous de- crease in the cost of paper is due especially to the introduction of wood as a paper stock. Todey it is the principal material used in the manufacture of paper for all but the highest grades of book and writing. News print and not only orfinary but even very attractive qualities of book paper are made entirely of wood. Another means conducive to this phenomenal reduction of cost has been the improvement in methods of making wood pulp. The perfection and greater efficiency attained in paper-making machinery, rendering much larger produc- tion easily possible in a given time, have added materially in this downward trend of price, Love's Strategy. From the Lewiston Journal. A story is told in Central Maine of a in a matter of parental au- thority. “Now, Mary Jane,” said the stern parent, “I will consent to your going to the dance at the Corner tonight only on one condition.” What is that asked Mary Jane, her eyelids drooping pathetically. t is," said the father, “that you won't let that young scapegrace, . bring you hom “I'll promise.” said the maid, and she went to the dance. Scene next morning: “I thought you promised me not to let that fellow bring you home,” said the angry parent, with fire flashing from bis eyes. “He didn’t bring me home,” said Mary Jane, archly. “But he came home with you, for I saw him.” “Yes, but he didn’t bring me. I told him what I had promised, so we walked home and he jed the horse.” From Lite. Harold impresses upon Grip the import- ance of defending the clothes. Grip fails to recognize him at the ecritt- cal moment—but ts faithful to his trust. And Harold ts compelled to get on as well as he can | Without his raiment. RAILROADS. ee) MOND AND DaXVILLE KAILRVAD. RICH. YENCER, F. OW. HUIDLKUPER AND REUBEN FP RECHIV Schedule tn effect Jupe 24, 1804. All trains astive ond leave at emepivanta Pas senger Station, Washington, D. C. 8:00 a.w. daily—Locai for Danvilie and inter mediate stations, and converts at Lynchburg with the Norfouk and ‘Western raliroad westward. daily, and at Manassas for Strasburg, daily, except Sum 1:01 am, THE T SOUTHERN Past MAIL. —batly, operates Pullman Buffet Siceners, ww York ond Washington via Charlotte and Co- mbia to Savannah wnd Jacksouville, uniting at Charlotte with Sleeper for Augusta, ‘also carries through Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York to Mont- Bemery, with connections for New Orieans. ts at Atlanta for Birmingtam, Ala., Colambas ad Greenville, Miss. for and inter- 4:45 —Duily: Orange mediate ‘statious, “and throngh train for Froat Royal and Strashure. daily, except Sunday. 10:43. p Ox ERN VESTiD —WASHINGION AND SOUTHWEST: KULED LIMITED. composed of Pull- juan Vestibuled Sleepers and Dining Cars, rons vis Charlotte and Coluiwbia to Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonvitle and “Tatnpa, carrying Duilman Sleeper Xew York to Tampa.” Also operates Pull Sleeper New York to New Orleans via Atlan Montgomers, New York to Asheville vin asiington to M vis, Birmings jumbta. Washington to Angusta via Col Greeusbore’ to Senupumery. TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND O10 DIVI- SION leave Washington at 9:10 a.m. da " P.m., daily. except Sunday, and 6-23 pan. ss fats, for ound Hist and’ 4:32 pus Ram xeept Sundar, for Leesburg, and 6:38 pm. dally, for Herndon K-turuing, arrive Washington $:26 a.m. $:00 p.m, daily, “from Towmd Hill, A324 cin. daily, except » from Laesbors. and 6:33 a | m.. dally. except Sonday, from TMerudon only. sun Bs ine > the ans arrive Wash- 7:13 a. 2:20 p.m. a $:39 p.m. Manse fax Division @aily, except ‘Sunday, aud 240 Rm... 8:40 a.m. datly from Grane Tickets, sleeping Car stexervations and informa- tion furnished at offices, Bil 1300 Pennsylva- nia avenue, and at Massene: he ‘Peuasy!) Bia _Railrod. Washington, B. Gn see Se Wa. TORK: Gen, Pom. . - Gen. Act. L. S. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass Dept 3.36 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Stati corner of 6th and B sts. efiect June 24, 1804. SNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Pullman are I polis, fet Parlor Car to Har- rs. 10:30 AA. FAST LIXE.—Paollman Buffet Pario~ Sar to Harriabuce. and Diaing Cars, Har- ni o Pittwinurg. 3.15, P.M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS, Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Sieep- ing Cars, Harrisburg to St. Louis, ville apd Chicago. can, Gleveland and. Toledo: risbus Diuung ‘Car Se ss ype 2g 7:10 P. 9:20, % . 7200, 7:20, 9:15 and 10:52 ‘Ticket ‘offices, northeast’ corver of 13th p.m. street and Pennsylvania avenue, aud at the station, 6th and B streets, where orders can be left for the chock- ing of baggage to destination from hotels and res ‘8. M. PREVOST, 3. R. Woon, General Manager. Gen’! Pass. Agent. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect June @, 184. Leave Washington from station, corner of New Jersey avenue abd C street. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex trains 11:15 a.m. 8:00 p.m. ‘or Cincinnati, St. Lou! buled Limited, 3:30 p.m. For Pictsvurg and Cle am. and 6:35 p.m. For Lexington aud Staunton, 11:35 a.m. For Winchester and way stations 05:30 p.m. For Luray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Mnoxv Chattanouga, Memphis New Orleans, 12% heaees, SO pins ante < Re tes, Sap aa For Baltimore, ‘week days, x4:20, 5:00, 6:25, 27:10 27:30, (8200 45 minutes), 6:80," xv Jv 0-00 45 minutes) a.m., x12:00, 212505, 113 32.20 43:00 45 minutes), "3:25, 4:28, 4:31 35.05, ad-l0, 35:30, 5:85, 0:20. 6:30, 38:00. 6:15, 29:00, 011229 » E x70 0), 45 minutes), 8. t 31265, 1:00, 52:20 (3:00 45 minutes) x5205,'x5:10, 12:15 and 8:35, 4:31. 6:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, £11330, 11:35 p.m. For A m, 0 and gid to me, gpd 05:30 pm and way poitits, Op. hersburg and way points, 06:00, 25:00 212530, ad 0, e438. Ub -30. bisud, bil 30 1, For Wi ton Junction and was points, 9:00, 09:50 a.m, cl:15 p.m. _ trains stopping at principal statious only, 94:50, For Bay Ridge, week ays, Bi Pes, OS am 730 Val BLUE LINE ‘FOR NEW axD PHILADELPHIA For Philadelphia, “New York, Boston and east, dally, 4:20, 8-00 (10-00 am ex. Sun. Dining Cary, 2:00 Dining Cari, 3:00 G03 Diniog Car) 6.40 «aise P. Sleeping Car, open at 10.00 o'clock). Buffet Parlor Cars on all Gay trains. For Atlantic Fey 4:20, 10°00 am. and 12:00 oon. Sundays, 4:20 a.m. 12:00 noon. & Except —s. > my ¢ Sunday only. 5 ERGT" ATA ero het gn lou Trausfer Company on ond at ticket offces, 619 and 1351 Pa. ave., at depot! kB’ CAurrene., CHAS. 0. SCULL., dell Gen. Manager. Gen, Pas. agt. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Schedule tn effect May 13, 1804. Trains leave daily from Union station (B. end P.). Gth and B sts. Through the grandest scenery in America with the handsoiest and most complete solid trata wer Washington. DalLY— "Cincinnati and St; Loute t Nid Vestibuied, newly Equipped. tebted, Stoam-heated Train. Pullman's th ington to Cincinnati, Indianapolie 3 ithout change. Dining Washington. Arrives Cincinnati, 8:00 a.m; Indians apelis, Li and Chleago, 8:30 p.m; St. Louis, 6:85 p.m. cio 9 ited” Pollman sleepers for Cincianatl. Louisvilie, without change. Puliman Siveper Virginia Hot Springs, week days. arriving Qu. Observation car from Hinton. Arrives ciumatt, 5:50 p.m; Lexington, €:00 p.iw.; Louls- Mlle, 9:40 p.n.: Indianapolis, 12:18 p.im.; Chicaga, 7:30 a.m. and St. Louis, 7:30 am; connects IS Uulon depot for ali poiuts. DAILY —The famous “FP. F. V. Lim. A wold veetibuled train with dining car and Lexington and 10.57 A.M. EXCEPT SUNDAY—For Ol Point nd Nortoik. Only rail Mine. Kap for Gorlonsrille, md prince Vuliman locations and tickets at company's of ES 21 Penneslvanla avenive Seca, S13 and 1431 Ponneylvania aver: | o my25 General Passenger Agent. MEDICAL. & STRA . 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