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14 STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1898-16 PAGES. BREE EE EEE EEE EEE PE EEE PEt tet FE PEPE Ett And the selling GOES ON. ing the men of our city. ing to you. Item 1— ix Bleck and Blue Cheviot ir sea: suitable for ions, sh Item 2— an Overcoat for winterish weather. about twenty-two dollars; Satin sleeve lining Pure allk velvet collar, Velveteen pockets Item 3— ‘These are dollars elsewhere will be the last day of this offer. ee ee ee eee ee ee ee LL i LS ee ek Ce nm nbn nowt i | FETA T+ 4 BIE OLEAN an d AT ALL TIMES. Cost about 1-3 as much to operate as a coal st quicker and better heat Gas Appliance Co., 1424 N. Y- Ave. ne2o- 28d EEE BEBE: B | WARE A ROFULA, BI.OOD POISON, CANCER. ECZE- ma, tetter and al: other disorders of the blood runaneatly cured and all tain: elimina*ed from, Ghelsyetem, SS. &. the greatest purifier. anit. ma. 1y ¥ { We don’t need to tell what a grand part we play in dress- Our three specials illustrate the say- ing $18 a suit 11.97. Black and Blue Patent Beaver the mat. An ov $14.97. regular trouserings we bave taken a Mmfted number to sell at 2 97, pure worsted (net cotton back), all st; we consider them good value a Remember there is nothing like the present— (Mert; & Merts, 906 J St. EREEEEEE EE EL EL EEE EEE ELL SI 4. * > 3 = Lansburgh & Bro. = i Astonishing Offers : g * ° - fF d : Trustworthy llerchandise. ? BS : : = t Coming as this does, just before the Christmas holidays, you Ee t will fmd it to your advantage to lay in your stock of holiday pres- z * ents. + = + Sterling Silver. Bric-a-Brac. aes t x . valence Vases—O Fed SacRS a ga Tas IE | TRE Tins Tene te 2Bc. f ga ae ic Gold-decorated Austrian G cs Fcc ghee at hanaaens Bho gage | Syne Shas decoracone i: + T5e. Rose Bowls. . ke z sling SP rer Manteure Pleces, with ma: . + gi Ea Fe 48c, $2 Vases Special t = eI Fue aba a tales meager | sacs, “peda 2 : # et 49c. Hand-painted Vases — 96e. values. AQo = + _ : : Speetal...... 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Bile bees Dest” adjeinine artiDept = z = eg i Whi i : ite Aprons : + a Ly = For Holiday Presents. z + : p z -\ most interesting showing of new goods, prepared especially ¥ + for holiday presents—and the prices are the lowest ever offered. z a Nurses” Aprons, itel Nurses’ Aprons, + + alt Aprons. idery-trimmed Aprons, = = : = = = Oe = = = 1214c., 15c., 19c., 25c., 39c., 48c. = Ayoon Dept.—2d floor annex z oe ° ° z Silk Petticoats : ° = \ small lot of Liberty Satin Skirts, in rich shades of dark red, *¢ throughout, finished with plaited flounce. $3.98 value. Spe- = $1.98 z Taffeta Silk Skirts, in rich shades of changeable red, navy = bine and black, full width and length, with deep flounce, finished & with rows of cording. $6.98 value. Spec iE tra Fine Taffeta Silk Skirts, in beautiful shades light and = dark, made full umbrella style, with deep flounce, finished with ke cording. $7.98 value. Special................... $6.48 = Skier Dep floor annex z * + * ¥ = ATS OUL EO. 3 + + 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. z EEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BEE EEE LPL PEELE EEE EEE eg S/ PERIZ WIL AUTO DN? Friday, December 2, 1898. the most desirable and dependable brie, rae Geples pendable fabric, al -and gram. comfortalile of this kind would cost you regularl; next Monday night yours fore sHsh patterns for semi-dress wear, seven = : Monday FEEL EEEEE EEE EERE EEL ERED EEEETEE EE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERED EEE FELTED Take our Emulsion ~—— if you must take COD LIVER OIL, - prepared of the purest, choicest Pia) oe own registered pharmacists put it uy r z fresh every day. And it's entirely ‘treo of the ‘taste and odor of the pure. oll heing palatable and easily digested! EFFULL PINT BOTTLES ONLY Soe. | Evans’ Drug Store, ,W2lewe ana ail, 938 F st. Conn. ave. and § st. a bo0-16d_ 1428 Ma. A remarkable Tea is Burchell’s Spring Leaf at 60c. a pound. Fragrant in the cup, delicious to the palate, it compares favor- ably with any tea imported. N. W. Burchell, 1325. F. sQrocameans Be Sure T> Demand, and See That Yeu Geta 9 i BENSON'S, { STAMP t ON THE | GENUINE : ’t is the best | PLASTER : Don't neglect your hest Colds.’’ Apply = Benson's Plasters to chest complications and promptly Price All Druggists. N. Y., 1f unobtainat s Davis Collamore Co Ltd. a Importers of Rare China, Artistic Lamps, Rich Gilded and Intaglio Glassware, Plates and Bric-a-Brac. Broadway & 21st Street NEW YORK. no8-tudft-£t-40 me Pre-holiday 3 e s 2 Prices Prevail. 3 Our pre-boliday markings cn such serv- @ iveable articles as are needed and treas- @ = ured by all are of 2 nature to fetch the @ Ss As for Rockers yo" name sour price and 4 © ene Occ tenee aie Lined square 3 So scrapes orl eee ee OG e ? _ — é id Save mcney on wall papering — we'll ¢ ) sons ei ae Gama 3 s The Houghton Co, $3 = 1214 F St. ‘ < det aoa 2 aaane & | An Artistic and Interesting Present. TIFFANY | FAVRILE GLASS Fischer Galleries, 529 Fifteenth Street, Washington, D. C. 19-1m-284 OF Allegretti’s always fresh § Protect Yourself ) pound. ; ‘From the Cold. A CHEST PROTECTOR or a CHAM- OIS VEST is what you need if you the cold. We have fine 2? Chest Protectors as low as 50 C7 Our line of Chamois Vests for STEVENS’ | Pharmacy, 9th and Pa. Ave. ) oth ladies and men is most complete. LO suffer with ) All sizes. All priced very low. IN ristmas Goods. The time to select your Christmas goods is before the stock has been picked over. Our stock of Lamps, Globes, Tables and other suitable goods for Christmas, in all the latest designs, shapes and finishes, is the best and choicest in the city. Come in and make your selections at once. GEO. F. MUTH & CO. (Successors to Ryneal), 418 7th St. N.W. no28-1m-88 Great Reduction in Hair Goods. Switches, $2.50, formerly $5.00. Switches. $6.00. formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $2.00, formerly $22: Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly $6.50. First-class attendants in Hairdressing, Shampoo- ing, ete. Hair Dyeing and Bleaching a specialty. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. Natural color. S. HELLER’S, 720 Seventh St. N. W. no22-204 Ketablished in Phila. in OPTICIANS, 1311 F Street. de1-280 We make no charge for care- fully examining the eyes snd correctly adusting glasses. Eye- glasses and Spectacies, fitted with our finest lenses, as low as. Coal! Coal! Coal! White Ash, $3.99, PER TON (2,210 Pounds’. Do not believe what you bear, but call and see for yourself. WI. J. ZEH, 717 Lith Street N.W. nol2-20d SOMETHING NEW FOR CHRISTMAS—FANCY and sweet grass baskets from 5e. up to $2. Send & postal, card and X will call with samples of 28 different kinds. Fy Salling, at house no sale less thae $1, H. 8. BRESCH, 803 D st. n.w. n02416* DEMAND FOR JUSTICE Oe Colored-People. of ‘Washington’ Dis- cuss the Race Troubles, ——_ +. MASS MEETING AT ISRAEL CHURCH Addresses by Prominent Leaders and Resolutions Adopted. COMMITTEES APPOINTED Ears Marked enthusiasm and expressed deter- mination that the colored man shall enjoy his rights were the features of the meet- ing of colored citizens held under the au- spices of the National Racial Protective Association last evening at the Israel C. M. Church, Ist and B streets southw - Arrangements were made for a monster mass mecting the 12th instant, a number ef speeches were delivered, including rema from a brother of the editor of the Wil- mington Recorf, and resolutions were adopted. The church was comfortably filled when the president of the association, Rev. it. E. Hart, called the assemblage to orde>. Perri W. Frisby acted as secretary. The president, in a lengthy introduction, ex- plained that those present had gathered not for the purpose of holding an indigna- tion meeting, but to give expression to their views and feelings in reference to the many ‘recent outrages agatnst colored people in this country, and particularly in North and South Carolina. The record made by the negro was referred to, and, the president declared, the fight has not been against his inteilectuality, notwith- standing the statements to that effect. The negro is rising and the white man wants to keep him down, said the speaker; but the negro means to live on in splte of op- pression. In the opinion of Rev. Mr. Hart it would be better for the negro to die and go to heaven shouting than. to Hye and be a dog. Resolutions Adopted. W. Calvin Chase, chairman of the com- mittee on resolutions, was called on, and he submitted a report, which was adopted. ‘The resolutions set forth that as “the political independence of the negro in certain sec- tions of our country is being abridged by violence, contrary to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, it is bui proper that We, as a part of the constitu- ency of this country, enter our solemn pro- test against such violence and deplore the inactivity of our government and its ap- parent indisposition to pr lasses of citizens in their civil and politieal rights: that the invasion of a foreign country and the conquest foreign foe upon hu- manttarian g1 to show the mock- ery of our civilization at hom “That our Constitution will not domestic invasion when that inv a justifiable cause, and espec rights and liberties of the people are being trampled under foot. What is, then, the duty of the people? Is any public or pri- vate corporation entitled to the support of the people if such an institution or institu- tions attempt to impede the progress of permit sion is for when the such a people? “Has not the time come in the h. of the negro for hin r some in- » convinced that among us will never come to i ful consummation until we realize the importance of placing men at the head who are neither seeking office nor aspiring for leadership. The greed for office among those in whom the negro hus placed conti- dence and those whose personal ambition been controlled by the blandishment of official power are but a few of the Imp: menis to the race's success and a whetstone upon which the c ened his politi ay Therefore, that we affirm the action of the meeting held in the Vermont Avenue Bap- tist Church Monday evening, November 2 1898, and indorse the resolutions adopted at meeting. That the chairman of this meeting ap- point a committee of five for the purpo: ot organizing a permanent association, to be named and styled ‘The National Racial Protective Association.’ Said committee will be authorized to solicit the co-operation and support of every minister and chureh in the United State “That we affirm our allegiance to journal- in this country and patriotic ‘eltizens who believe in law and order. “That we fully indorse the r of Rey. Francis J. Grimke as b and a proper defense of the negro. hat we condemn unequivocally the ad- ates and the doctrine of self-effacement. The advocates are apolozists and their doc- trine that of cowards and the enemies of the race. “That the National Racial Protective A: sociation make arrangements for a ma meeting of the people, to be held in the c ot Washington, on or abeut December 1 at such place as may be designated by the association.” F. J. Manley's Speech. Mr. Chase was designated by the presid- ing officer to introduce F. J. Manley, brother of the editor of the Wilmington Record, and he did so in glowing terms, saying that Manley is an individual en- titled to the respect and confidence of the entire American people. Mr. Manley gave a detailed history of the recent race troubles in North Carolina, going over the facts that have heretofore been published at length. He said it was decided to make the negro the campa:gn issue in his state, and it was arranged that all white men should stand together agalnst the negro. The latter was told if he reg- istered to yote he would lose his employ- ment, but true to his party he fearlassly registered. Mr. Manley described the burn- ing of the Record office and went on to say that his brother and himself, after fleeing from Wilmington, were compelled to secret themselves in some woods about six miles from that city. It was impossible. he stated, to use the local military to main- tain order, for the majority of the members of the military organizations were mem- bers of the mob. The stories of indignities offered white women by negroes Mr. Man- ley declared to be false. The publication of the now well known article in the Record, that proved so obnoxious to the white people of the locality, Mr. Manley de- clared, was fully justified. ‘The speaker took occasion to say a “ew things of a rather uncomplimentary nature of Mr. J. C. Dancy, collector of the port of Wilmington, who is:now in this city. Mr. Dancy, said Mr. Manley, did not tell the truth when he announced that the editor of the Record had, promised to apologize for the obnoxious article, . Answers Questions. At the conclusion, off his remarks, the speaker expressed 4 wingness to answer any questions thatomight be asked him, ‘and a number of thyse Hfesent took advan- tage of the opportunity. Attorney Jokn Moss ‘of Hillsdale’, firiajly arose froin a seat in the center of;the auditorium and in- quired if it was true that the colored men in North and South Ca¥olina were afra!d. “That is correct,’’ Te} .. f the white men, or rather of their uns," was the explamation. “I ‘don’t believe jt,” ‘gald Moss impres- sively. ot. Cries of ‘‘s}t down, Moss,” were heard from all parts of the church. When order was restored a su¥statitial collection- was. taken and presented to Mr. Manley. !n ac- cepting the offering Mr. Manley sald he would share the money with other colored men who were forced to leave their homes in the south and who are now in Wash- ington without means. Some one asked if the lawyers present at the meeting could explain whether or not any law exists by which the Manleys might recover damages for their property that was destroyed by the mobe E. M. Hewlett said that in order to give a proper answer the lawyers .would like to think the matter over before making reply. This brought Mr. Moss again to his fect. He was proceeding to say that the case was too remote to warrant a sult for damages, or something to that effect, when Mr. Frisby entered formal objection to. Mr. Moss continuing. ‘ Angry Colloqus. “My friend. Mess has hay fe- marked Mr. Chase. This caused a general From a copyrighte? photogs Bait ape oa MAG AZINE OLONEL ROOSEVELT WRITES EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCRIBNER’S ON THE ENTIRE SPANISH WAR—ONE OF THE WHO IS ALSO A WRITER. SUBJECT OF THE FEW FIGHTERS (1) «“THE ROUGH RIDERS”? begins in January and runs half the vear, accompanied by a remarkable series of illus- tratians from photographs—a vivid, vigorous narrative, full of anecdotes of bravery and personal characteristics. (2) «THE STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN,” «The Preparing of the Navy,’’ partments, ”” «« The Organization of the De- etc., to follow «« The Rough Riders.’” THE RT. HON. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN ON AMERICA, COLONIAL EXPANSION AND ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE — (sn the December Scribner, now ready)—now that the war is over, the most momentous question of the hour—a remarkable expression of opinion by the English Colonial Secretary, the greatest political leader of his country, the greatest authority on colonial affairs, and the great- RT. WON. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN est exponent of American alliance. SENATOR LODGE CONTRIBUTES AN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE SAME PROBLEM in the same number for the conclusion of his «¢Story of the Revolution ’’—A surprising declaration. RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, in this number, contributes ‘*In the Rifle Pits,’” the latest of his famous war-descrip- tions, illustrated. write for Scribner’s next year.) (He will continue to ICHARD MARDING DAVIS THE TAKING OF MANILA is graphically described by Capt. T. Bentley Mort, U.S. A.—written and illustrated on the spot—for the extraordinary December Scribner. THE DECEMBER SCRIBNER, WITH SPECIAL CHRISTMAS COVER, NOW READY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $3.00 A YEAR, POSTAGE PREPAID; ase. A NUMBER ® CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK laugh and seemed to exctie the anger of | Mr. Moss. “I wouldn't like to have the fever you are suffering with,” cried Moss, jumping j from his seat and shaking his «ist at Chase. “If 1 didn’t know more law than you do I wouldn't call myself a lawyer.” Matters were growing decidedly interest- ing, when the presiding officer demanded order. Moss left the church. nd it was found po: ple to proceed with the meet ing. Mr. -T. L. Jon spoke in a manner that ¢ d much applause. He sald, i part: © ecaseless reign of terror, bloodshed and butchery that is sweeping throveh the southland brings this nation solemnly tacc to face with these questions: Shall const! tutional government be destroyed in any portion of the land? Shall the libertics of the people be abridged and the perpetrato: go unpunished? Shall mob violence and lynch law be permitted to take the courts and juries? Or shall equity and constitutional liberty be the bulwark of this free government and the common heritage of all? “Self-preservation demands a speedy set- tlement of these questions. Demand for Justice. 0 nation can long exist half free and half slave. No government can hope to be secure in its possessions or safe against pired from various causes den was visited, and a me deceased, for re ms so far | unexplained. cording to the woman, she and her big- sd spouse received some money in tockholm from Cunningham ard were then shipped to London, where they arrived some days before they were found. Stull doubtful as to their piace of or: r Horace Tozer decided to put the q nto he w from h y reproducing the ant dunng wildest to that effect. tled Catching the well-remembered how! of the native song, the gin took up the weird refrain, and for thirty-three sec- onds badly scare: When they had looked joyfully sald: “Hin make white pfeller.”” If Sir Horace Tozer had not been quite satisfied the light-hearted young thing would probably have continued her happy song, but Queensland’s genial representa- tive had heard enough to convince him that his best influence should be employed to get the couple back to their sunny south- ern humpy as soon as possible. Thanks to the kindly action of Sir Hor- ace Tozer, and the ready reaponse of the people on the sidewalk. calmed her down she her hairy husband, and in plenty bobbery longa the storms of anarchy and revolut that does not accord to all of its citizens alike equal and exact justice. “Let the United States beware, her boasted civilization and Christizni lest the old ship of state, freighted wit the hopes, destinies and the Hberties of th people, dash headlong against ihe rocks of destruction. with all Coneluding Speeches. Rey. W. H. Scott urged the colored peo- ple to organize, not with Gatling guns and dynamite, but under the Constitution of the United States, and demand their rights. E. M. Hewlett spoke in favor of agitation and organization. “Let us send forth men who can tell of the sufferings of our rac: he said. “Don’t fight; don’t blackguard. We want to reason with the people, and we will be heard JN. Johnson declared that no practical | suggestion in the direction of solving the problem had yet been heard by him. He yas immediately challenged to make a bet- ter suggestion than those offered. He talk ea for some time, dwelling particularly on the amendments to the Constitution, and when through was informed that the situ- ation was darker than before he began. Mr. Johnson expiained that {t was impos- sible for him to make his views clenr In the limited time allowed him to speak. Remarks were also made by A. S. Rich- ardson, AE. Atkinson and W. R. Laws. The president announced the following comnuttees: Organization, W. C. Chase, A. 8. Richardson, Rev. G. W. Lee, L. H. Pe- terson, T. L. Jones, E. M. Hewlett and P. W. Frisby; mass meeting to be held De- cember 12, Rev. W. H. B Rev. F. J. Grimke, Rev. W. H. Scott, Rev. J. A. Tay- lor, Rev. W. H. Howard and L. H. Doug- lass. The meeting then adjourned. President McKinley will receive “he com- mittee of which Mr. Chase is chairman, appointed at a recent meeting, to request him to speak of the race troubles in his coming message to Congress, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. ———— TESTING ABORIGINES. A War Dance Carried on in a London Government Office. From the London Mail. There are at present under the care of the Salvation Army shelter authorities a brace of Australian aborigines, a black fel- lew and his gin. ‘They landed a-few- days ago from a Bwed- ish vessel, which had brought them across from Stockholm, and when a sympathetic Australian met them they were cruising around dimlessly in the neighborhood of the dock. The man who discovered them having elicited that the pair were hore- less and utterly destitute, and had origi- rally come from Townsville, took them along to the office of the Queensland gov- ernment, where they were presently usher- ed into the presence of Sir Horace Tozer, agent-general for the colony. That genial officer, whose knowledge of the black fellow has been gained in the course of many years as colonial secretary, proceeded to put the dusky derelicts through a sharp catechism as to their wan- derings. The black fellow was somewaat reticent, and beyond volunteering the in- formation that he had once been a member of the Queensland native police, he cous tell little of his experiences since he left his. native bush. But the woman, with the volubility of her sex, told Sir Horace that some seven or eight years ago a showman named Cun- ningham (whose portrait she was able to produce) obtained from the Queensland government permission to take eight abor- igines on tour. He selected four men and four women, and for a time they traveled throughout the colonies. Then they went to America, where they threw spears and boomerangs and things, and did corroborees for some time. Here-some of the party died, and the remainder went to Germany, Salvation Army authorities, the poor black fellow and his lubra are at present beirg well cared for until they depart for Towns- ville in one of the B. I. boats. (ee A GREAT SNAKE REGION. Cne of the Curiosities of the Klamath Falls Country. Frem the San Francisco Chronicle. ne hidcous sights that haunt men’s minds in delirium and other disorders of the brain are believed to have no foundation in fact. The sufferer sees huge masses of snakes crawling and writhing in heaps before his mental vision. He imagines them hissing and squirming about him, but in his normal condition he realizes that all these visions are hallucinations and nothing more. He knows perfectly that he has never seen more than two or three snakes together in actual life. And yet, untrue as it may seem, it is nevertheless a fact that snakes do ex- ist congregated in astonishing numbers that have infested one locality until it has become a wonder to all those who chance to visit This land of snakes, known by either of the two unsuggesiive names of “Linkville” or “Klamath Falls,” is situated in an obscure corner over the California border line in Oregon and may be reached in twenty- four hours’ travel from San Francisco You have only to take the northern-bound train for Ager, thence a stage line of about twen- ty miles conducts you to your destination. It is impossible to associate “snakes” with the beautiful and varying scenery through which you. pass as far as Klamath Hot Springs. Trees and streams and all the glories of mountain scenery greet you on every hand. You drive through a luxurious growth of evergreens and shrubbery; you cross and recross numerous streams; you breathe the soft air of Shaste and Siskiyou. But when you have left Klamath Hot Springs a few miles behind there is an ap- preciable difference in the landscape. Spars- ity of vegetation is the first observable change. At every turn of the road the as- pect becomes more barren, more forlorn and more desolate. Finally, you seek in vain for a tree or a shrub, and at last, dust-cov- ered and weary, you pull up at a dry, with- ered village, that produces nothing on its hard, rocky soil but revolting snakes. You have reached Linkville, the haunting re- treat of serpents! Klamatn river. From this bridge point as far as view i extraordinary s\ Along the river banks als ot a few yards arc n dark balls ranging \ from a foot to three feet in diam | are stationary and as passive as a | which they mble in co'o jis hurled at any of these to your horror, snakes will craw! off in ery direction d the ball will melt away lard melts in a frying pan. The repulsive creatures that have thus been cviled up in 1 perfect sphere glide away under rocks and one minute later not a snake is to by seen in that particular spot. But the other balls of snakes in the vicinity are little dis turbed by the stone. A ch Inspection will reveal only a moving head or twitching tail jin the mass that before looked like an itn movable bowlder. Those that were scatier ed, however, may later seck the neighboring spheres or in a few minutes slink out of thoir hiding places and reassemble them- selves in balls. . As has been said, Linkville is in a very barren district. thing whatever grows upon the rocky soll, not even sagebrush And so, the river banks, which are a mass cf drift wood and rocks, seem a befitting place for snakes. But it'is surprising tha they should develop in such great numbers. When not rolled in balls they may be ween slipping in and out among the rubbish, and the ground for yards will be a squirming, wriggling mass These snakes are perfectly harmless. In- deed, if it were not for this fact Linkville Would not be habitable, for, while the im- mediate neighborhood of the river is the favorite haunt, they roam for many hun- dreds of yards away, and may be seen alony the roadways and around the houses an creeping over the porches. They possess « marked degree of tameness. You may pick them up with impunity, and children play with them on the doorsteps. The Linkville snakes are dark in color, with two yellowish stripes on their backs The average size is about an inch and a half in diameter and a yard in length, though many are smaller and some attain much greater proportions. ss Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The Star. irregular inte but if a stone strange sphere: ve ——_.—_—_ Worth Bagiey’s Death. From Harper's Magazine. As we were approaching the Winslow on our second attempt to close with her the tragic event which hes given this engage- ment {ts sad prominence occurred. The officers and crew of the Winslow were gathered along her rail waiting to gresp the expected heaving line. Grouped around the starboard gun were an officer and four men. They stood there, the men expectant, every nerve taut, waiting to grasp the elusive line, which was their only chance to escape almost certain destruction—the offi- cer self-contained smiling,a perfect antidote for nervousness in his calm bearing. The next instant they were gone. A flash, berely visible in the glare of the sun, a report, un- noticed in the noise of battle, a faint or of Vapor, and as it cleared away we that five of our comrades in danger had been wounded, killed, destroyed by an ene- my’s projectile. One poor fellow, falling on the curve of the deck, was slipping overboard, when he made a last despairing grasp at @ stanchion and held on, calling plaintively for help. A shriek of horror rose from both crews es his shipmates sprang to his assistance. He never knew of their ready answer to his call. He was dead when they tenderly drew his body back on deck. One cry, a few muttered curses and the crews hurried to their stations; some to their guns to work them as they had never been worked before, the others to the seemingly hope- There is a bridge in Linkville that spans Effervescent as less task of saving both vessels. Champagne. Absolutely pure, delightful to the taste, and a great aid to digestio: n. No wonder donde Na Watey is considered the greatest table water in the world. En- dorsed and prescribed by leading physicians all over the land every day in the year, and sold everywhere. Pints and quarts, carbonated. 3g gallons, still. G. J G. Cornwell & Son, m H. Magrader, { Amente