Q ~Our prices have beaten, thethermometer in getting there thiswinter.

OUR HOLIDAY TRADEIs now in the lead, but weglon't want it forgotten that we are

STILL-IN THE DRUG BUSINESS,AND CAN FURNISH

PRESCRIPTIONS AND PATENT FIEDICINES-AT PANIC PRICES.

9@Tl[DL[L T@) YUls FRI@0(3 FINE LINE OF LADIES' AND GENTS' VESTS:Dresden China and Bohemian Glass Ware.

MNlanicure Sets, Cut Glass Bottles, PuffBoxes,Traveling Sets, Perfumeries, Shaving Mugs,Toilet Sets. Atomizers, Velvet Brushes,Odor Sets, Work Boxes, Whisk Brooms.

Williams' Temple Drug Stori.Open Ali Night.

F0rel-.Ir- quit. to-eider Is a special botA'y Of 4012r.. Pr-e ...........

The chanceof a lifetime.....

As Abou Ben Hasson once remarked: "All slip=pery things are not pancakes." Bargains such aswe append today come like angels' visits==too fewand far between to let slip by unheeded.Everything we enumerate are goods of fashion

and all resplendent In the charms of youth. Somepeople can afford to let them go, but we hardlythink many can.Beginning tomorrow morning we propose to

clean out every piece of overcoating we have inthe house==No matter what the price was form=erly, any overcoat to=order

'4.0Mertz and Ilertz,New Era Tailors,

906 F Street.,

(' H EAPER goods titan ours are frequently ad-e vertised, but comparison will show that they

are invariably of the "cheaper" kind. We dealin nothing but the best grades in Gems, Gold andSilver, and, this considered, our prices are extreme-ly moderaLe.

e J. KAR' SOsL L~d1P%* i4kt. G4l.14 ~ ~ ~\ Gentlemen's M~t.Wuzcbr~q A low I~jJ Gold Watthes. as .LAdis e14.t.C.4., @e uem @t .#.uird ('bals as vet claaas astlow aq ..........lwA .....s

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mor ingan, as low aid lowr fare, sheJJ.reonie th£oma psutting et he.iwwn fflnron um"Ihvnt*e o foranae" she sad~~~~l~

"S* o ee el the truth is, I'm

odatheyr inA 0coo R asUoEItG ofoe the stoeIma.ndytottife.ktoo.iNomyt'sesmyhusgood. ButJoho

I h., pec of u n t Abe H cha bn ies is pe-Mel.atsabout' ipssible to' plase. lam " Lokhr.Amr ono.d4yu

ki Erstd aknyowGothdyspfirst Iwguess

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wrapsutch a godcook It arn'th ortne. I r ugn ytewa e ab. o"orisg arst wfas h pagd cookse tm. adr o eevrcm"t ar"Yoge tht' whan aittayg sayt he "ho ntko e'WlIddhe't see yo o anm ae"sesi.lvdnxtdo o'e se aveu

'Iatss r eliedt othew a.fo toyes;nd ftht oan vr

"mm I Is't myfauteiher i wa a mde aone- e s I' amed eiha n ti itway is i e ' ret in -- -t, -'itknn

~~curhouseslastnt I thwasedd ethiwh, ne Ad*'Soyouwer. Wel, he ruthIs.I'm afraid to call h~is soul his own!"'Te hldrn.I ~es.Tht' watc Yes ou~ do' meato sa~y tba-h t she

of mrryig a idowr."wasn't a good housekeeper?""Not If I know what a good honmse'eepergol, ad tey'e ~ scoolmos ofthe"And she didn't make first-coe pies?"

patiulr bot hawa te or I kpttheakrs Wha you going to4.Whya seckof uston isle r cali"Do? I'm going to get out and go home,

Yb li.It' abutImpssile o leae hm. haksgiving plea without, any leaching"Oh r~; h'. ustpar~cuar.I wuld't n,' I hat h so," said the other

woman."n she ad.-s "iou ins

Semsto~n sislts wshsh hdntused tolv nat door en W~vue"$

"Yesgryat'shwhatWhetalways says whbmsiie mke suh godpumkinp~s. nd siengg to hm!0a-dsmen a at

against Thanksgiving. John nearty had a le-"ehn.-

-AUUMOubh "Ot-hiAmah

Justice Bitch and His MethodsOnce Mom

MANY LOCAL NOTES

As stated in The Star of yesterday, Ju-tie Supplee of Alexandria county. with

eciaI Deputies G. W. Yates, A. S. DOni-phan, A. D. Hohoes and Sheriff Palmer,raided the gambling house of John Lullyat Roselyn at an early hour yesterdaymorning, but the birds had flown ere an

entrance could be effected. A large quan-tity of gambling apparatus, in the shapeof fare, keno, crap and roulette layouts,was secured, and this was carted to theresidence of Sheriff Palmer, to be used as

evidence..Yesterday afternoon John Lully, Thurs-

ton Johnson, Frank Forster, John Clarkand John Gambler were arrested, or, rather,

'it Is said, gave themselves up, as being con-,nected with the establishment. Justice Sup-plee, who was in Washington at the time,was advised of the arrest of Lully, andJAied the hour of his trial at 5 o'clock yes-terday afternoon at Supplee's residence, DelBa. When Justice Supplee arrived fromWashington, at about 4:30 o'clock, he wasgreatly surprised to find that these menhad been taken before Justice Birch fortrial, and all of them let loose on a bond of$100 each for their appearance before Jus-tice Birch on the 21st instant.Justice Supplee was indignant when he

heard of the procedure, and said thatSheriff Palmer knew that he had set the-trial of the men at 5 o'clock, and thoughtthat they should have been held for him.And this, of course, should have been don,.if for no other reason than courtesy tothe justice issuing the warrant. While itis true these warrants read to be returnedto the justice issuing them, "or to anyother justice of the peace," still, at thesame time, It Is always customary for war-'rants to be returned to the issuing justice.I is said that the men who were tried hada consultation with Justice Birch in themcruing, and then gave themselves up toSheriff Palmser in the afternoon, and wereImmediately taken before Justice Birch andreleased on a bond of $100 each.The Citizens' League of Alexandria

county has been blocked in its every effortto suppress gambling and other lawlessnessin the county. There is always a screwloose somewhere, and it seems impossibleto get the county officials, who claim to do-sire reform, to work with them In their%ork of extermination. A prominent mem-ber of the Citizens' League said to a Starreporter last night: "We have lots of set-backs, but we won't get discouraged. We aredetermined to bag them yet, and will leaveno stone unti rned. Probably we will atonce proceed against Sheriff Palmer formalfeasance In office in allowing JohnChandler to walk the streets while sup-pc sed to be serving a term in the Alex-andria jail for running a gambling house InAlexandria county. Palmer knew JusticeSupplee was going to try the cases yester-day at 5 o'clock. and yet took the men bi-fore Justice Birch and allowed them to bereleased at 3 o'clock."

National Union Omeers.The following officers were elected at the

meeting of Alexandria Council. NationalUnion, last night: President, M. F. Hobson:vice president, M. R. Norris; speaker, Jo-seph H. Bevins; secretary. W. R. Henshaw'financial secretary, S. P. Jackson: treas-urer. James McCuen, Jr.; chaplain, EdgarLyles: usher, J. R. Picken: sergeant-at-arms. Charles A. Howard; doorkeeper. C.S. Mills, and trustees, J. T. Rafferty, M. Rt.Norris and James McCuen.The meeting was largely attended and

very interesting.Complimentary Entertainment.

The complimentary entertainment, underthe auspices of Alexandria Tent, Order ofMacabees, at the Opera House last night,was a great success. There was a largeand enthusiastic crowd present. Addresseswere made by N. S. Boyton. D. P. Mackeyand S. S. Fouts, supreme officers, and oth-ers. The elegant program of music andliterary numbers was well rendered andmuch enjoyed.

Advent Services.The last of the series of Advent meetings

under the auspices of Grace Chapter,Brotherhood of St. Andrew, was held atGrace Church last night and was largelyattended. Rev. Charles E. Buck, D. D., ofSt. John's Church, Georgetown, deliveredan Interesting address, which was muchenjoyed.

Mechanics Lodge, K. P.Mechanics Lodge, No. 3, Knights of

Pythias, will hold an interesting meetingtonight and a pleasant evening Is expected.Grand Master-at-Arms M. L. Walton ofWoodstock, Va., will pay the lodge an offi-ital visit, Mechanics Ledge is the second

oldest lodge in this "grand domain,"George Mason Conmmen, R.. A.

Two candidates were initiated and fourapplication papers acted upon at the semi-monthly meeting of George Mason Council,No. 1718, Royal Arcanum, last night. Otherbusiness of an important nature, was trans-£cted.

Notes.The old Hydraulion engine, house, which

was owned by Mr. C. 0. Lennon, has beensold to Mr. Jos. Rogers for $1,000'The annual meeting of the Virginia Mid-

land Railroad Company, which was to have-been held yesterday, was postponed tillTuesday next.The police commissIoners at their meet-

ing last night transacted routine business,-The clerk of the Alexandria county courthas submitted his annual report to theboard of supervisors. Aggregate expenseswsere $15,4'T848.In the corporation court yesterday the

suit of G. A. Lumpkins against RalphSingleton was quashed.-Col.' Louis C alyhs-eundfoNew York.C.BiehareundfoMr. M. B. Corse, formerly of this city, andIfiss Elsie V. Semment were married inLexington, Va., yesterday.-Jackson Council, Junior Order UnitedAmerican Mechanics, held a regular meet-ing last night.Several trains have been added to theschedule of the electric railway,

At the Traek.Fre the New Yerk ilerald."They're off!"'The race course was crowded, and but a

few short moments ago the horses hadthundered down the home stretch with afinish so close as to cause the judges towrangle among themselvese.Of course there were olther horses that

finished at thoir ieure.The crowd was. silent-alI except Jilktna.After elbowing his way to the Judge'

stand and hack again Jilkins continued tohowl frantically, "They're off!"'He- had the whole .thing to himuseif, andthe crowd looked pityingly at him. Therace was over, but still he bellowed forth."Quip -e's nutty," said the first eiti-"Lost aD of his money and out of hishead," murmured the second citizen."I saw him put his wad on Strungaaz.and the horse wasn't in it for a minute,"ventured the third citissa,ndstill Jfnktns shrieked forth "Theyre"Wa

the thunder are you '-yelling"'heyre ar'fort" querted the fourth niti-son. "The race is ever."yelling becas qbef're-What's 4Ef'Jilkine-thgew t -hb'ha nthea kichedi stna efre

!h etTn Msnd are egen zsgaaand he wasnt even a eseo

WAYIAES

The annual rInterIe co-mere cemm IsomAmitch was Jal .eatreCoigteed t.Ay, l aSIsie particukire theno#t -intere1ig has -ever-been pre-pared by the.cThat -which .is Hiktfy t attract the great-

eWt atten-a n the pasts*at tw pulie tsthe authoritatdv0 ihaancement that theebdlnfrsion ie 'illteriuined'-to &eoelilyinvestigate Ahv or=nigstln.of the JointTramf Anseciatlo. Beferring to this theeintilssion ientions -the Southern StatesFreight Association the Western FreightAssociation, the southWestern TraMe Asso-ciation, the WdstYrassenger Association,the Central Freight, Association and theJoint TraMe Association as among the ex-isting trafc essoolations, and says that .athese and other, skillfully drawn trafficagreements rcently entered Into the wor'ds"so far as It can legally be done" followprovisions for inaIntenanee of'rates arid'theapportionment or division of -competitivetraffio, and apparently these words wetedeemed necesary to validate such agree.naents. l'nisly. attention is called to astatement of .Thomas . Cooley, whilechairman of the eomntssion, regarding con-trivances by many railroad oflals toevade the law; "Thett ingenuity in this re-gard may also be prcnounced marveloos;the- old misehieft (before the, law was ensacted) were reuresented under *ew guiseijust so -far as plaUeIble excuses could be in.vented for the - purpose," To asortainawhether such agreements will receive thesanction of the courts is the object soughtin the proceedings begun against the JointTrafilc AsmocatiesuoFree Transportationef Pasengers.Under this head the practice of giving

passes or reduced paseOnget rates to ship-pers or their employes, and of issuing"complimentary passes" to persons on ac+count of the profession in which they areengaged or the pUblic duties they perform;is strongly condemned. No reason is sug-gested why the penal provisions of thestatute should not be made to apply tothose who, not coming Within the classesspecially excepted in the statute, obtain orreceive free pames or reduced passengerrates, as well as to those who by any de-vice* solicit, obtain di receive concessionsfrom established rates of freight.. Whilesuch amendment would hitve deterring in-fluence upon many who arp now willing, itnot eager, to travel free under a pass un4lawfully Issued by' a railway official, Itseems doubtful whether that Provisionalone would operate to completely supprestithis demoralising transportation practice;and the subject Is submitted to 'Congress,with the general recommendation that suit-able prohibitery legislation be enacted.

Safety Appliandes on Rallways.In April last, says the report, the com-

mission requested the carriers to'show howfar, up to April 1, their equipment had beenmade to conform Id the requirements ,fsections 1 and 2 of the safety appliance act,ielating to couplersan4'train-brakes, whichbecome effective JMialhy 1, 18M. Replieswere received fronidl. cohpa0iaes. N:1per cent of the 35,898 omotives mention-ed In these replli 'have dritIn'wg-fieetbrakea. Of the V&3i2a 'passenger cars a-ported in use; W7.02 jie i ert have automaticcouplers and VJ.91 ibr&ent are fitted withtrain-brakes: -1,2IT,98m -freight cars are re-ported. of bilch 2%08,per ceat have train-brakes, and . per cernt are equipped withautomatic couplerd? IY is noted, however;that many couplers9t1hif work automatical-ly wi-th those of the-earne type. The-rateof progress toward CArIpliaice with thecoupler feature of the law, which obtainedprior to April 1, must I2e greatly Increased-if the equipment ef ihe roads is to bebrought Into c'onformitge with -the statute onJanuary -1, 188.< 'Te "equlremenvs of thislaw for a standarti e ight of draw-barson freight cars a4lrdts, Sfrom. inspectiorimade at-4ifferent ;ointr dring the year;to be fairly 'well oblierved.:Ticket brokese; the rebort says, has be-:

come a positive scandat: The eptniissionrecommends that It be made a perral of-fense for any person to engage in tho busi-ness of selling Interstate passenger ticketsUrlesa he is as authorised agent of thecarrier, duly constituted such by writtenappointment.Quite a number of amendments asked for

are- Intended: the report'ay"s, sitajly- tomake the substance-of the Ia* mean what4t wee supposed to mean at thWItitree -of itspassage.

Me Iaprovised Uele..Frea Tid-Bits.This stcry is told by a Ggrman army of2

'icer:It Is strictly against the -rules of the

military academy for a cadet to enter anyof the beer gardens in Berlin unaccompan,led by a relatlye.. A. frleqd of mine, how-ever, hoping to be undeteceed, ventured onenight unattended. A gentleman came and,sat at a small table Inear him and beginchatting pleasantly, whensuddenly one ofthe chiefs of the academy passed them."Sir." whispered the lad, "will you be my

uncle?"-,"Certainly." said the gentleman, smiling.Next morning at parade the unfortunate

youth, who had hoped to escape, was calledby name fromn the -ranki. Treinbling, heobeyed the call and yame forward."You were in-the beer gsrden -last hight?"

grulfly -said -his -captain.-"Yes, sir, but I was with my uncle.""Your 'unole' happened to be the crown

prince, who wrote this morning- to ask meto let you off punishment. Never Jelt ithappen again."

,

The crowh pr-ince of this incident wee thelate Emperor Frederick.-

-A Gold tlOm.From the London Upeetator.A cannoed reade of 46fid -gold, mounted

upon a carriage of roeotroad, Inlgid iwithcostly gems; is the unique bauble of t/ar-fare that has came 'into' the possession ofthe Imperial army of Beiin. As. a valua-ble acquisition -to the armament 'of thekaiser's' own "soljfiery thf unique Geld giaeeIs. more interest ng tjiaaraterrible. -No otherarmy in the world caib boast of a fleld'can-non - so beautfit and- sd' costly. .This ain-gular .gun wai pregi ed to ithe" Berilinarmy -by the 'nian o'f~ tile Hamburgmuseum, in whose .e ituhait begs fortwo centarIeb. GuoTthis srt are notproduced tod.y, and w i made with can-not. that ,Is moti ete .v In its destrunc-tive powe'rs th4 p ing tp the esthetictaiste. The -otqtw ' t'pauce oftismonster jeW9i :ib Gps.In work-unanshill. It 1%25,MGO,' though,as a. paitter o- , could.. ot#Jqpur-chased for tw~at dumit of anyThe livellest. naylus ll-ytary engine 'i~Iced -by likmperorWilliam. and h ~ bdered speclalguard to be p ow thie, precious can-non. wich for - a the weep. Is on.view to curious and the strastberswithin 'the Germdan ca al's gates.

SA Mth w7*pWiPaesa the Deste. Uveming mssnLt"Por the second tlis'tU 'Dinton colisctionof butterfliies ad mlthi is- otn eihibition atthe enria'rt bslAan'i"Nefr York.lAsi year this kleefloe~ttracted much at-tention and this yeN~It %turns neerfy dou-bled In eise, and lneludn lepidoptera fromall partS df the wdiad.1 order to obtainsenme of -these spaeinas, the' cllentorsraffaib'Ma Mb -e rsio in

Islands infested by gdnnbais and .threasiedtlipsuai of. Intia. One ofNt1Itntable

whchflEsures ae 'than'a footfqtatflougt:V Unul hetiid3,to

,this codea ibWnot 'for sale

SAID TO BE AUVE

Reports Brought by PaengmFrom Havana.

MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVEp

Passengers arriving at Key West. FIl,.last night from Havana reported that An.tonio Maceo was alive and well In theprovince of Matanzas. These passengersnay that all of the festivities that were go-ing on in Havana to celebrate his deati hadbeen ordered stopped since It had becomeknown that he was alive.In contradiction of this report another

statement has been given out at Havana.purportinr to describe the circumstancessurrounding Maceo's death. It in an oldstory, mom carefully edited than the firstreport was. The incongruities are explain-ed and a plausible narrative Is the result.It Is to the effect that after Maceo hadcrossed the trocha Into Havana province,and was waiting for Gen. Sanchez's forcesto join him, Spanish forces led by MajorCirujeda appeared. They were on a recon-noltering expedition and were ignorant ofMace's presence. Mistaking the localguerrillas who formed the advance, andwhose dres was similar to that of theCubans. for the expected forces of Sanche,Maceo and his staff and a few supporterswent forward. when the guerrillas receivedthem with a rifle volley. Maceo fell at thefirst fire, his men, temporarily disconcertedwith the surprise, retiring by the flanks.Young Gomes, though he had been pre-

viously wounded at the trocha and still hadhis arm In a sling, assisted, as the engage-ment became general. in dragging his chiefto a place of temporary safety on the grass.and remained by his side until, realizingthat they had been abandoned. Gomeswrote the note to his parents, which hasbeen printed in The Star. and then com-mitted suicide by shooting himself with arevolver.After the fight the Spanish scout. Santa

Ana, accompanied by a bugler. while goingover the field searching the slain, ran uponthe body of Maceo. who was still alive.

vow Maeee Died.As the bugler pulled the ring front the

finger Maceo asked in an agonized tone Ifthey were Spaniards or Cubans. "Span-lards," said the bugler, and he raised hismachete as the dying chief said:"I die for Cuba and Independence."As the knife came down. almost severing

the victim's head from his body. the scout,Interposing, remarked, "That man resem-bles Maceo."Impossible." responded the bugler.

'Maceo is In Pinar del Rio."The scout insisted that at least it was a

chief of some Importance, and tying thebody by the feet to his horse's tall, he pro-ceeded. Meanwhile the insurgents, learningthat their chlers body was in Spanishhands, and being evidently reinforced, ral-lied and made a new attack, drove off theSpanish and succeeded In recovering thebody. The Spanish officers, unaware of ItsImportance, cut It looseas an unnecessaryimpediment.Thus Maj. Cirujeda did not know that his

forces had encountered and killed Maceotill after reaching Guatao at nightfall andreading the documents, etc.This story is at wide variance with the

one originally sent out by the Spanish au-thorities, in which it was said that lessthan 4001 Spaniards drove from behind astone wall 4,00) Cubans.According to Havana advices the full

statements of Dr. Zertucha have not beenallowed to be telegraphed, even to Madrid.

Says He Saw Maceo.The Havana correspcndent of the New

Xork Herald says:A .well-known Cuban, just in from Pinar

del Rio.,assures me that he saw and talkedwith Maceo on December 9, and that PericoDias has not !eft the province. The mankilled and taken for Maceo is believed tobe Antonio Mena Mcntes de Oca, also amulatto. and greatly resembling Maceo. Itis alleged also that Baldonero Acosta metMaceo when he crcssed the trocha at Ca-pote. All admit, however, that the reportmay not be true.

Iasurgents Satisfied With Their Prog-rMes.

The following letter, dated in October: atLa Campana, in Sancti Spiritus, provinceof Santa Clara, Cuba, was written to a

prominent Senator by Gen. Francisco Car-rillo of the Cuban army. After some per-sonal allusions, the letter says:"The general condition of the revolution

cannot be more satisfactory to us. We are

more powerful every day, while at everystep and moment the absolute incapacityof Spain to vanquish us Is put in evidence.Our forces cover all the island, movingfreely from one end to the other, conduct-ing offensive tactes everywhere, and re-peatedly striking good blows to the enemy'sforces and towns. as much as the sDeclalcharacter of this war allows and the man-ner In which th'e Spaniards carry on tiecampaign,"We can say that the country belongs to

us. In the greater part of the island it isours absolutely; as it happens In the east,Camaguey, Remedios, Sanati Spiritus, Trin-idad and Pinar del Rio. In these zones theSpaniards live completely shut up, almost,besieged, in the seaports and towns of im-portance, and In the rest of the island they,do not command any more, territory thanthe one they-tread upon when they are op-erating."In the first-mentioned regions tihe ene-

my's operations are limited to carryingconvoys every four or five months. Theenemy goes out in large columns of in-fantry, cavalry and artillery, avoid all hat-tie and march rapIdly to their objectiyepoints, and they do so after trying by' allmeans to outwit our forces, so that we wil,not know when they go out and how t~emarch, so that It can be said that "the nu-merous soldiers of the enemy constitute atrue army of occupation only.

The Winter Osampaign."For this, the winter campaign, as they

call it, they will attempt to do somethingmore, and for this spurpose -have brought,.some..reinforcement., and .they announcemore yet, but they will not be suflicientjrIcan assure you, for them to obtain any ad-vantage."In the meantime, we are also preoar'ipg

for this winter campaign, and we are pre-paring ourselves well, for now we ate notIn need of war implements; and, moreover,we believe that the Snan, with whatthey are able to muster, wil attempt- tomake a last and supreme effort to eonquesus.-"Our effective army consists of thirty

thousand men fulfly armed, and mors thandouble this number are ready to reeivreweapons under the command of the re-nowned, indefatigable general-in-chieffMawimo Gome.The Revelatiemmer~Govermmanet"The supreme power of the revolution, as

you will have seen fromn our constitution,voted September l8, 185, by' the repreenta-tives of the Cuban people In arms in meet-ing assembhled, in vested in a governmentoouncll, consisting of a president endfpgarsecretaries of foreign affairs, wear, trwas-*ury and Interior., --.

'"The island in divided into tiue$i~emingstates: Oriente, Camnaguey, Las *~au Ma-bana and Occidente, each of which is ~1vided into as many 1districts as there weretunder the nish division. The.-'essuryis In charge et a secretary, who Is andarhim a superintendent et Ia s=pp. igepstate, and nder this a lte of thetreasury, in Mobh distrlpt, and.- under thuthe ne....ar .nnae. The osmis-sary-department. the worksheos a he st-

iusponse are.ndae, the secretary o

t5ii Eseutenant severner o eek~band tis one has under hma Ihe- in-

e0as

clothes. You need it to clecleaned your wheel. Pearlicleaning and washing anytiWheelmen and wheelwomenfor Peirline. Unequalled as

tie held In reserve. and the cultivated Sowanthat we have as established.

rream for n Lo.g War."You will see that we are constantly

fghting and preparing ourselves for a longresistance. it necessary. and we are layingthe foundations of the new organisationfor the country. so that the day of our ha-dependence will find us ready to propertymanage the public afairs.

"It is useless for me to tell you that thereis not a single person in our ranks wihothinks of or will accept aught else but theabsolute independence of Cuba. and we willsoon obtaIn it. All our labors are directedto place Spain In such a condition that shecannot keep up the struggle, while we aeable to carry on the fight with morestrength and advantages every day."Oh,.f the United States would recognize

our belligerency, our triumph would be anImmediate one!"This war will not terminate until we

have obtained our independence. and thelonger It lasts the greater will be the lossand damage that Auferican commerce willsuffer. and also the property of Americanowners. The Spaniards will continue tocommit deeds of violence and atrocitiesagainst Cuba."

rrTA1RS'S PRESIDENT I.

The Chie Exeestive ot a Seath SeaRepablle Visits the I'mited States.

Fros the asn Frnrisma zanne'r.The captain and the crew of the mission-

ary brig Pitcairn were received at the Sev-enth Day Adventist colony in Oakland lastnight. The Pitcairn has just returned fromher fifth annual cruise among the islandsIn the South sea. Capt. J. E. Graham andhis crew sailed out of Oakland harbor on

May 19. He has made the rounds of tiemission stations and has explored newfields. The brig has gone into winter quar-ters.An interesting official came up on the Pit-

cairn In the person of J. R. McCoy. presi-dent of Pittcairn Island. He Is the ruler ofthat little colony.away down south. and hisword Is law. President McCoy has 130 sub-jects under him. who are ruled by a par-liament of seven men. These men areejected every year. and they select the pres-ident. Besides being president, Mr. McCoyIs -chief of. the department of justice, andpasses on all cases where there is a con-troversy. All his subjects are Adventists.4Everything on the island Is carried on bythe co-operatIve plan. The president wasborn on the island. and has been chosenruler for several years. When the mission-ary brig landed at Pitcairn. President Mc--Coy. who Is engaged in missionary work.left affairs of state in charge of the vicepresident and made the tour of the islandswith Capt. Graham. It was his intentionto land at the New Hebrides or the SantaCrtgz Islanis and establish a mission thereamong the natives. and then work his wayback to his old home. It was learned. how-ever, that the wild men of the South seastill consider white people an excellent ar-ticle of diet, so President McCoy postponedhis stay one year.President McCoy found that the king still

reigns on Palmperston Island, and all hisSubjects are members of the royal family.In explaining his discovery on this islandMr. McCoy tells an interesting story. TheIsland is a long distance from any groupand is very lonely. The Pitcairn droppedanchor and a party was sent ash6re to ex-plore the island. They had been on landbut a short time when President McCoymet the king. who announced that he wasthe ruler of the island. He Is a full-blocde.Iwhite man. and, what was more astonish-ing to the explorers, they found that every-body on the Island could speak the Englishlanguage. The king was found to be ahale and hearty, jolly, good fellow. and hissubjects were all prosperous. They tilledthes sull and are a self-sustaining people.There were forty-five men. women and'children on the roll as subjects of the king,and this included everybody on the island.Strange to say. every subject is related tothe ruler."The story of how this old fellow came to

rule on this island is a queer one." saidPresidert McCoy today. "I have the storyfrom his own lips. Many years ago he lefthis home in England and knocked aboutthe world as a sailor. Finally he desertedhis ship and took refuge on one of theIslands where there were a few natives.he learned the language and became agreat favorite with the people. One day heselected two native women for his wives.and with them he located on PalmeritonIsland. They were the first inhabitants ofthe Island, so far as I know. The old sailorwent to raising cocoanuts. His sons grewup and they wanted wives. Their fatherlitted up g small vessel, and away thesesons went to the nearest Island and gotthemselves wIves. The population of theIsland commenced to increase very rapidly,until now of the forty-five inhabitantsevery one is related to the salpr king."Down in Pitcalrr., where I preside as

president and tilef of the department ofjustice, everything goes along smoothly. Itis the ideal way for people to live, for It Isa case g everybody for his neighbor. Ourpdrllapient of seven make the laws andeleet a presIdent. There Is no salaried oilce-on the Wsand. In fact, we do not deal inmoney and there is no circulating medium

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r.ea/w/,leon the island. Cne m does all the trai-ing. and then a division is made. No oneOn the tsland Is alloweid to get ahead of hisneighbor. While we By the Engiah dag.still we receie no instructions of any kindfrom the Maagtish governenent."I stnrted o't to make a missionary trip.and went to Tahiti Island. Raratongo.Palmerstot. Samoa. Tonga. Fi'ji. New He-

brides. Banks and Santa Crus islands. Iintended to establish a mission at New He.brides or Santa Crus, but I found the peo-ple there too wild.*'There are only two white men on the

whole group of Santa Crus Islands. A Mr.Forest started a mission, but he has givesit up ar.d has gone into business. He ha"an assistant. and both of them have hadmkany Narrow escases from being killed bythe natives. I shal visit in Oakland untlour vee leaves again. and then I will re-turn t-) my old home and resume my dutieson the Island."

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Fame tie Atlanta 4%,utitulkeThere ar *possum stories andl 'pos-suit

stories, but the followirg has at least them-rit of being new:A Georgia negro caught two 'po-sums in

a trapo. He took them home. lut them In alittle pen and gave it out in the villagethat he would have the fattest one for sup-per that night.He lived alone in a little cabin on the out-

skirts of the town.Two boys. bent on misehter. overheard

him boasting of the 'pouasuns and resolvedto play a trick on him.They secreted themselves near his cabin,

and saw him kill and cook one of the 'peft-sums. When he bad placed it. brown anljuicy, ot the table. he went out door to getsome wocd to replentsh the tire. which gavethe only light to the room.Then one of the boys, having previousi)

secured the live 'possum from the tee inthe yard. climbed in the.window. took thecooked 'possum from the table and left theliving one in Its stead.The old negro came in singing with an

armful of lightwood knots He repetnishedthe fire and then sat aown to his repast.In the dim light he reached ter that 'pos-

arm, and then. with a yell, he jumped back."Lawd. have mussy!" ,e cried. "i killed

him, en I cooked him, en I tuk him upsleamin'. en dar he sets es .chel ex life.wid not a hair singe! Oh. lawd. des he'pme ter gtit 'way fum dip place. en I'll preachde gospel de salance er my days!"Then, keeping close to the wall. he reach-

ed the door and jumped ouL Once, beforehe made for the wood. he looked back, andlseeing the 'possum In the same positionon the table, he shook him ist in its diree-tion, saying:"Hay. dar. you gray devil-you! To' race

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