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ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY A.MD SATURDAY. l. m. grist * sons, pnbu?her?. .} % ^arnilj Jfeuispager: Jfor ""! promotion of the political, ?oqiat, ^gricuHniial and (Eommei;eiat Interests of the ?outh. j TEIi^:GLELAp^,EfiTE ctnt8akce' VOLUME 43. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897. NUMBER 69. EXILED T( BY WILLIAM 311 Copyright, 1837, by the Woolfall Publishing C Synopsis of Pevious Installments. In order that new readers of The Enquirer may begin with the following installment of this story, ahd understand it just the same as though they had read it all from the beginning, we here give a synopsis of that portion of it which has already been published: Chapteb I.?Vladimir Saradoff, a Russian being heir to the fortune of his nephew, Maurice Hammond, an American, in case of his nephew's death, conspires to have him sent to Russia in order to get him in his power. II.?Hammond and his friend Philip Dan vers arrive at St. Petersburg, and Saradoff lays plans to have them arrested as conspirators against the government. Ill aud IV.?Hammond at a review saves the life of Colonel Jaroslav. Proceeding to Moscow, they are arrested and sent to Siberia. On the way the boat on which tuey travel catches fire, and they, with two other convicts, escape in a skiff.' V, VI and VII.? ( Hammond and Dan vers pursue their way with the two other prisoners, who attack an approaching wagon. Hammond and Danvers defend an officer in the wagon. A troop of Cossacks appears arid recaptures all the prisoners. The officer tells the Americans that they will probably be shot, but in view of their services to him be will do all he can for tbein. VIII, IX and X.?They are sentenced to be shot. The sentence is commuted to imprisonment at Kara, but a riot in which they are involved results in their being put to work in the mines of Kara. CHAPTER XII. A DARINO ACT. Captain Daroman wheeled like a flash, an ngly expression on his face. "Yon mutinous dog," he sbonted, "beginning already, are you? I'll make an example of you lor the benefit of the others." He turned toward the soldiers, apparently on the point of giving some orders, while Platoff's face flushed crimson and his hands quivered nervously. However, Captain Daroman suddenly changed his mind, and be turned opce more to Platoff, with a grim smile bov ering on bis lips. "So you wish to know wby you are here, do you? So thig place is not good enough for you? You'll find out before you get through, let roe tell you. What's your name? I can readily guess, though. You are Platoff, the revolutionist. Stand to one side there and let your two friends come forward too. Birds of a feather must flock together." Maurice and Phil timidly advanced a few paces from the throng, and the commandant surveyed them with a lowering aspect "What are your names?" he asked fiercely. Maurice hesitated. To proclaim himself under the false title by which he had been arrested would be a tacit acknowledgment of the name, while to tell the truth would undoubtedly cause serious trouble and excite Captain DarOman's wrath to its fullest extent. At this critical moment Platoff came to the rescue. "Their names are Cunningham and Burton," he 6aid respectfully. "They are but little acquainted with the Russian tongue." Maurice attempted to utter a feeble protest, but a glance from Platoff silenced him. The commandant scanned the paper be held in his hand. "Platoff, Cunningham, Burton," he muttered under his breath. Then, looking up keenly, he said: "And so you think it is strange that you were not takeu to the political prison: Have you forgotten Irkutsk on tLe night of the 22d of September? Have you forgotten the riot, the slaughtered soldiers, the "THtatarc your names?' he asked fiercely. attack oil the czar's storehouse? Did you think to escape the peuaity of thoso misdeeds? Justice does not sleep in Russia. You were tried and convicted without your knowledge. Sentence was given?you say you did not know it? Very well, I have the decree of sentence here. It is enough for you to know that you are condemned to work out your time at hard labor in the mines instead of idling in a political prison. In me yon will have no lenient taskmaster. I shall exact tho fullest obedience. I know how to deal with fellows like you. Now go and be prepared iu the morning to handle your picks in the czar's gold mines." Captain Daroman turned haughtily away, and the crowd pressed forward, dragging Maurice and bis companions with them. Dazed by what thejr had just heard, JRRAY GRAYDON. i o. bey dropped mechanically on tbe wooden platform. It was difficult at first to realize tbe fall import of Captuiu Daroman '8 words. The troth dawned on them gradually, and their own fate was brought more vividly to mind by the arrival of a convict party from the mines, a haggard group of men, soaked to the skin, who entered with a clanking of chains between a file of soldiers. Toil and sleep, ever the same, without rest or change?such is life at the mines of Kara. Platoff first fell into a paroxysm of anger, but it presently passed off, and he went calmly to sleep, an example which the boys, through sheer weariness, were forced to imitate. Maurice awoke first. A faint streak of gray was shining through the dirty window, and as he sat up rubbing his eyes a drum began to beat, and the convicts around him left their hard beds without an instant's hesitation. "Come,"8aid Platoff, seizing Mau rice by the shoulder; "delay will insure a speedy punishment." Phil was up by this time, and they joined the crowd, who were pressing forward toward the door. A Cossack officer stood at the entrance, book in hand, and at once proceeded with the morning verification. The men answered to their names as they were called out and then scattered through the room. A few moments later breakfast was served, consisting of weak tea and black rye bread, and as soon as this was over the working parties were made up for the day. Two gangs started from the prison, each surrounded by a squad of Cossacks. Maurice and Platoff were in one of these, and Phil was in the other. They marched past the few scattered log buildings that surrounded the prison and tramped for an hour or more up the gloomy valley. The sky was dark with clouds, and a fine snow was falling. The mining operations on the Kara river had reached a point some distance from the settlement, thus forcing on the convicts the additional misery of a long tramp through the snow each morning and evening. The gangs consisted of 20 men eaob, and as soon as tbey reached the spot work was begun. Each party was instructed by an officer, while the Cossacks, .drawing a complete cordon around the convicts, built fires to keep themselves comfortable.' The gold bearing sands along the hanks of the Kara river lie buried under a stratum of clay and gravel varying in depth from 10 to 20 feet. This is dug out by picks and carted away until the bed of sand is exposed, and the gold is washed out by rude hoppers. Under the watchful eyes of the overseer the men labored unceasingly. It was a sad sight, the grim soldiers pacing through the drifting snow or grouped about the fires, the wretched toilers bending to their work with aching limbs, and in fitting harmony were the clank of chains, the creak of the wheelbarrows and the monotonous tap of the picks. To Maurice this unaccustomed labor was especially severe. In a short time his back ached and bis hands were blistered. Platoff tried to encourage him from time to time, but he v\ as compelled more than once to stop work from exhaustion. The overseer showed some leniency toward those convicts who had just arrived from Irkutsk, and these short periods of rest were not rebuked. At midday a lunch of tea and bread was sei-ved, and then the labor continued without intermission until late in the afternoon. They marched back to the prison at sunset, so weary that every step was torture. The principal meal of the day was now served, consisting of weak soup, rye bread and a small quantity of meat, and then the convicts went to sleep in rows on the bare platforms, some with their coats rolled up for pil. 111 nmo of oil TV* 1UVYB, UI1JC1B V>lbiJUUl piiVYto mv m**. *v Maurice and Phil the first week at the mines was a period of horror, and for the first time they began to realize the unutterable misery of their situation. Platoff, with whom they were still able to converse at night, gave them no hope, and indeed they could see for themselves how perilous an attempt to escape would prove under the circumstances. One poor fellow had made a dash for liberty while returning from the mines at sundown, and his bullet riddled body was brought to the prison on a plank. "Try to keep up your courage and wait," said Platoff. "That is ali I can tell you. It may be that harder times are before us. Captain Daroman was summoned away the day after we arrived bore. Wben he returns, we shall feel the change. Do you wonder now that men turn against tne czar ana nis government?" "No," said Phil, with a bitter laugh. "I am surprised at nothing, Platoff, and I am getting desperate myself. Some day I shall lose all control and turn on these fiends. " Platoff looked at the lad grimly, noting his flashing eyes, his heaving chest. "Yon will bo shot," ho said quietly, and then to himself he added: "He's a fine fellow, with good staff in him. We might do something after alL I'll have : to look into, the matter." Platoff was right The next day Captain Daroman returned, and the pre- 8 dieted change came with a vengeance The supply of daily food was shortened, 1 all conversation was strictly forbidden, and the wretched toilers in the mines 1 were refused a moment's rest, with the i exception of a scant ten minutes for \ lunch. i For a time tb^se hardships were g borne witbont complaint, but it soon c became evident that the commandant f had a special hatred against the three ( political prisoners, and he lost no op- i portunity of displaying his feelings. Onfl bitterlv cold morninc the con- e victs were trudging in pairs over the J snow clad plains to their daily toil. . s Maurice and Platoff marched in j (rout, and close behind them was Phil, 1 who bad been transferred to their gang s some time before. They had barely left ^ the settlement and were passing along ^ the base of a hill, part way up whioh s stood half a dozen straggling cabins. t "Some of the free command live c there," whispered Platoff, and Maurice c looked with envy at the homes of the c unfortunate people who were yet ten times better off than himself. t Suddenly he saw, to his great surprise, c a girl standing by the roadside a few j yards ahead. v She was not more than 16, slender of t figure and dressed in a long fur cloak ^ and cap. Her gaze was fixed compassionately on the approaching convicts* and Maurice'B heart thrilled as he met a pitying glance from her dark eyes. E The sight of this innocent young E maiden in such a strange place remind- t ed him irresistibly of home, and for a ^ moment a mist swam before his eyes, and he staggered against bis compan- | ion. ' | " Who is that, Platoff ?" he asked in 1 an undertone. "What can such a crea- ? ture have to do with this miserable! place?" "She must belong to the free com- c maud," replied the Russian, "a daugh- a ter probably of one of the exiles, and) v yet she does not look it," he added aft- ? er a closer survey. The convicts filed sullenly past, and 0 still the girl stood motionless as a F statue, her dark eyes looking unuttera-i ble sympathy at the doleful procession. I F Near the end of the line came Oap- ^ tain Daroman, mounted on a Cossack J " pony. He frequently accompanied the. 8 working parties to the mines to see how much gold was being washed out, and c ^bis was one of his inspection days. ' I1 Strange to say, he was in a passably J1 jood humor this morning, and his F flushed face showed that he had been 8 indulging rather heavily in vodka. fi ^??? ?? ??? Ua AkoAwro/1 t, r rum uuucr uio iui juu uuwsifvu the girl by the roadside, and as the po- h ny brought him opposite he slipped oat o of the saddle and stepped up to her be- b fore she had time to move. n "Well, my pretty maiden, have yon a kiss for me this morning?" he asked, fi with a smile. As the startled girl re- p coiled be threw his arms around her. v She nttered one loud cry and strug- p gled fiercely to free herself. fi Maurice wheeled round and took in b the situation at a glance. There was no d help for the girl. The convicts never f< even turned their heads, and the sol- n diers marched stolidly forward. o It was no business of theirs. She was o only an exile's daughter. v One brief second Maurice stood thus, o his eyes flashing, his hands clinched, a Then, loose from Platoff's detaining 9 He Jlung him with all his strength to the c ground. p grasp, he bounded from the ranks. Two s Cossacks ran forward, but he slip- r ped easily between them, and spring- c ing at Captain Daroman he seized him h by the throat, tore him by main torco from the straggling maid and fluug him h with all his strength to the gronud. b TO BE CONTINUED. p Six Miles of Crocodiled. P A reward was once offered in one of a the Indian states of a rupee for each * foot of crocodile killed. If a 17 foot crocodile waB killed, the killer got 17 J? rupees. Some 80,000 rupees were paid for crocodiles while the offer of the re- * ward held good, say nearly six miles of a crocodiles. Then it was found that croc- l' codiles were being imported from varioue adjacent states, and reward paying was stopped. Our Internal Temperature. d Dra d'Arsonval and Charrin of h Paris have been takiDg the temperature V of the human internal organa Thoy p find thut the temperature is highest in d the normal liver, which is one degree tl centigrade warmer than the intestines; t< then follow in a decreasing ratio the o spleen, the heart, the kidueys, the mar- L< row, the brain the muscles and the ti skin. iHiscfllancous $?uling, TOMATO-FIG COMPANY. Itatements a Correspondent Investigated In Washington. Jews and Courier, Tuesday. Lancaster, August 15.?I have s ittle more information about the Tonato-Fig company, of Washington, vhich will prove more or less interestng to the people of the Fifth concessional district, provided the editor C rpu?. PaiihIop rlnoc nnh coc II 1UC nova auu vuunvi uwp uvv uvv it to rule it out on the ground that bis >aper does not publish advertisements n its news columns. The Tomato-Fig company is a great enterprise, and the intimation of the Manning Times that Dr. Strait has unk any of his hard-earned savings n it. is a mistake. That the doctor las "invested" is true ; but he has not unk anything. In consideration oi lis prestige among the statesmen ol Washington, and in the further conideration of a few hundred dollars in ash, the doctor was made president if the Tomato-Fig company. The ither member of the firm, who is busiiess manager and treasurer, is a shrewd fankee, who, by discovering the virues of the tomato-fig compound, beame a benefactor to his race, and ncidentally to Dr. Strait, and the roters of the Fifth congressional disrict, all of whom are interested in the loctor's welfare. And what is the tomato-fig comlound ? The public should not be :ept in ignorance. The discovery was ade in the dead of winter, when tonatoes were scarce and figs were not o be had. The first experimental irew, therefore, was made from canned ;oods, bought from one of the many smily grocers abounding in Washingon and the figs were obtained from the ame source. They were dried figs, tut that did not in any wise diminish heir medicinal virtue, and a few unces of laxative from the drug store ,dded to the mixture gave it untold alue. With ripe tomatoes in thesumoer time and figs from the south, the emedy is produced much more econ mically, and the profits are corresinndintrlv creator. 0-^ Q The factory of the Tomato-Fig com any is located at No. 1,012 F street, VasbiDgton. Id addition to this wonlerful remedy the company also owns , "face steaming" apparatus, which is argely patronized by the unfortunate lass of Washington females whose lusiness is such as to make them subnet to frequent crops of annoying limples. Not being much of a talker nd being prevented by Czar Reed rom doing anything on the floor of be house, Dr. Strait spends most of lis time in the consulting apartments f the Tomato-Fig compduy, and thus ecomes a benefactor to suffering huaanity in Washington. As to whether he will remove his actory to the 5th district when his ieople decide that they need his serices at home, I am unable to say, but resume that, on account of the wider eld for his benefaction he will probaly remain in Washington. As presient of the company Dr. Strait has ofjred several of his fellow congressaen stock of the par value of $100 for nly $1. This was only in order that thers might derive credit also for the fork that is beiDg done, but as the ther congressmen are all too selfish nd narrow to engage in such au unelfish enterprise they refused the docor's liberkl offer. Straight. investigated in washington. Not wishiug to do Dr. Strait any initstice by publishing the - letter of Straight" without due inquiry, our Vashington correspondent was asked o make a full investigation of the " omato Fig Syrup concern, and his reort is published below.?Ed. N. and a OA 1 . WASHINGTON, AUgUSl zkj.?apetmi . tccorditig to the best information obiiinable Representative Strait and his ssociates in the Tomato-Fig Syrup ompany are not deriviug a princely iicorae from the concern. The office nd laboratory of the company is loated in a back room on the second loor of the Walter building, in F treet, between 10th and 11th streets, 'he room is divided off into several ompartments, and there the comound was prepared and bottled for ale at 25 cents per bottle. It is a eraedy to aid indigestion, and its ompounders claim that it does its busaess with neatness and dispatch. Interest in the company seems to be anguishing, for the laboratory has not een in working order for sometime ast. In fact it has been shut down, nd it is said that many of the princial shareholders have refused to put ny more money info the concern, 'he landlord of the building iinds himelf several months shy on rent. He as made an effort to get satisfaction rotn such of the shareholders as he nows, but they all tell him that they re not putting any more money into he business. It is understood that E. A. Butts is he manager of the company, but it is upossible to learn from tnm wnetner he company will resume operations uring the coming fall. The company as relinquished its single room in the Walter buildiDg, but the company's araphernalia has not been moved pening the shortage in the rent. As to he virtue of the remedy I am unable d state. It is supposed to be a rival f the California fig juice, which is said 3 contain valuable medicinal properies. The company includes several prom inent citizens, aod some of those who a have invested their money in it believe p : that under favorable conditions the ci Tomato-Fig syrup would yield a hand- s< some profit. Among the stockholders are Mr. Johnson, of the firm of John- u son & Brothers, the largest coal dealers IV in this city; George Harvey, of Har- t< k vey's famous oyster house; Mr. Gra" ham, who has the government contract V i for all the lithographing work in the d patent office. Mr. Butts, the secretary ' and manager, ovvos the formula, aud q the fact that he was also the original ai 1 owner of the bromo-seltzer remedy d 1 induces the stockholders to believe 1 that there is big money to be made out of the Tomato-Fig syrup if the T ; business is pushed vigorously. 1 At present some of the stockholders 1 are timid about advancing further ^ 1 capital to enlarge the business and ? properly advertise tue remedy, hence ' the business is at a standstill for the 3 [ want of funds. As far as I can learn, Dr. Strait paid for his stock; but I ^ cannot learn just what amount he in- . vested. He was selected as president 1E of the company, because of his position 1 in congress. It is the practice in this 3 city to get congressmen, when possible, 61 to head experimental companies or w enterprises. One of the stockholders 111 told me yesterday that he had attend- 01 ed several meetings, and he was ,con- , 1 vinced that Dr. Strait lacked both . ability and enterprise to be at the , 1 head of this concern. Mr. Harvey says he has tried the ^ remedy on a- number of his friends, and it is a sure cure for constipation. P 1 If the stockholders would put up suf- 01 ficient money to give the syrup good el advertisement he is confident that it w would be a money making concern. a Just how much of the syrup has been J"* manufactured he is unable to state. He is also unable to state why Dr. 8< Strait was chosen as president. It is 03 supposed that Mr. Butts suggested him ^ because of his public position. The .c best business man in the company, Mr. ? Johnson, was selected treasurer, and so far as I can ascertain there is noth- , ing "crooked" about the concern. " Butts has figured in several patent medicine schemes before as promoter ; : but it appears that he generally sells 111 out cheap, while his succsssors come in ?'1 and make big money out of his formu- '5 la, as in the bromo-seltzer and bromolithia decoctions or compounds. Dr. Walter, the owner of the build- 81 ing in which the laboratory is located, has tried to collect the rent from sev- ^ eral of the individual stockholders. ^ Butts is out of town, and so^tbe mat- c* ter stands. Butts is trying to raise sufficient money to resume operations U! in the fall, and in the meantime Landlord Walter is hoping that his rent may be forthcoming. He has been offered >t some of the stock for rent due, but be prefers the money, if he can get it. While I believe the defeat of Dr. Strait would be beneficial to the Fifth ^ district, I cannot find anything in the ^ Tomato-Fig syrup transaction to con- y demn, unless it can be proven that the ^ doctor received his stock in consideration for the use of his name as president of the concern. I cannot prove ec that, for Mr. Harvey says Dr. Strait ^ and all the of the stockholders paid vj their assessments, but unfortunately ^ the amount was not sufficient to prop- ^ erly conduct the business. w R. M. Larner. FAIRFIELD WHITECAPS. th The Whole County Stirred Up Over the Mormon Trouble. As was supposed would be the case, N the persecutions of the Mormon converts in the vicinity of Centreville, th has reached a climax, says a Ridgeway ot special to the Columbia State. For sometime past rumors, more or "j less vague, have come from this neigh- ra borhood concerning the riotous conduct of a baud of whitecaps, who have or- tb ganized for the purpose of driving the in Mormon elders from the country. "] The press dispatches have already w familiarized the public with the facts Ti concerning the raid which was made I last Tuesday on the homes of David re Brunham, Lewis Sharpe aud a uumber St of others. . Li As a result, David Branham, on Sat- lo urday last, swore out a warrant in- jo dieting Chas. Dinkins, John Moore, as Geo. Moore, Cliff Wilson, Elton Wil- st son, Jas. Harral, Fenton Kelley, John th Hinson, Will Kelly, Talley Peak aud bt Fletcher Hays for violently and in a th ruffianly manner euteriug his home, \\ searching his premises and otherwise conducting themselves in a manner not in accord with the peace and dig- T nity of the state. OS The court was called at 11.30 this is morning, at which time the prisoners, ai with the exception of two, made their T appearance and heard the indictment st read. Is R. W. Sutton appeared for the de- m fendants and stated that inasmuch as th the defendants were not prepared to of stand trial, and as the magistrate had gi not the power to force a preliminary w upon them, he would demand a post- in ponement of the case. The court sp took the ground that since Mr. Sutton Y is not a licensed attorney, and as the la defendants had the right to secure le- b( gal advice, he would be incapable of st rendering the necessary assistance, and ui therefore granted the postponement, w after placing the prisoners under a ?200 T bond. cc Messrs. W. B. Hogan, M. L. Cooper w and S. C. Moore went on the bond. fo This day week, Monday, Aug. 30, at 12 m., is the time set for the hearing. | As would be expected, excitement pi runs high, and there is considerable T speculation as to the outcome of the tb ffair. Some are of the belief that the reliminary will be waived and the ase carried to the court of general ?ssions. The whole country is much wrought p and the progress of the case next londay will be heard with great invest. Messrs. Ragsdale & Ragsdale, of Pinnsboro, have been secured for the efense. The crowd came into town very uietly and conducted themselves in n orderly manner throughout the. ay BOOM IN COTTON PREDICTED. exas Authority Advises Farmers to Sell by Degrees. Julius Runge, president of the First 'ational bank of Galveston, returned , ome from New York on the 19th inset, and gave out an interview hich, considering the fact that he was ir a long time president of tbe Cotton ixchange, and is a noted statistician, is iteresting: "The active speculation in bonds, ocks and wheat," said he, "has rathr been to the detriment of cotton, hich has been7 neglected so far, but mch higher prices are expected later a, partly in consequence of the very loderate supply of cotton now on and, and from tbe further fact that ie large American crop is needed for ie present enormous consunption. "In connection with cotton it is oped that the cotton planters will ursue the same policy so successfully trried out by the grain growers. Oprators in grains were 60 days ago illing wheat short in anticipation of rush of wheat from the farms as a ;sult of the remarkably big crops, ut much to tbe surprise of tbe short dlers and dealers, the farmers systelatically marketed their crops slowly, hich, coupled with the enormon , reign demand, led to tbe advance of om 25 cents to 30 cents a bushel since ie beginning of July. "If the cotton planters will follow ie example of the grain growers and arket their cotton moderately during ie next six weeks, I think the advance i cotton will be fully as much as the Jvance in wneac. roe viaioie ana ivisible supply of cotton at the pres it time is the smallest ever known he requirements of spinners for cotton :e more urgent than ever before. "It is now considered that the world ill require a crop of about 9,500,000 lies, which, from present indications, in be realized at profitable prices to le southern planter if discretion is jed in marketing the crop slowly." BY TEN THOUSAND. Is Claimed McLanrin Will Go In on the First Ballot. As the time for the senatorial prima> election draws nearer, things apiar to be getting livelier at McLaurin iadquarters at the Grand Central, esterday quite a number of Senator icLaurin's friends were there talking fer the situation. When Colonel Neal was seen and ask1 about the outlook for Senator Mcanrin'p election in the light of ad ces received, he said: "Good; we ive a number of letters?50 or more? lily from all portious of the state ith encouraging news." "Do you expect him to be elected on ie first ballot?" "I most assuredly do." "By what majority ?" was asked. "By 10,000 votes," was Colonel eal's reply. * "What, about the opposition's claim iat McLaurin will not be in the secid race?" Colonel Xeal laughingly remarked, So; he will not be in the second ce." When his attention was called to ie claim that McLaurin will be third the race, Colonel Neal remarked : So man makes such a claim as that ho has a spoonful of political sense, he best posted politicians with whom have talked and from whom I have ceived letters from all sections of >uth Carolina, fully agree that Mcaurin will be elected on the first balt, and many claim much larger marities than I do. In politics as well i in war, it is not well to discount the rength of your enemies. In making lis estimate of 10,000 majority I have sen very careful to give the odds to ie 'other fellows.'"?Columbia State, rednesday. Uncle Sam's Land Possessions.? he area of the United States is 3,55,600 square miles; with Alaska it 3,602,990 square miles, equal to the ea of all Europe, with Italy and urkey excepted. Texas, its largest ate, is 212 times the size of Rhode land. Texas might invite every an, woman and child now living in ie world to settle within its territory Fering each individual a plot of ouud 491 by 100 feet. The state ouhl not be really crowded, for each dividual would bave four times the >ace taken by each person in New ork city. England, Ireland, Scotnd, Wales, Italy and Portugal could ?transplanted to. Texas ; there would ill be room for a good sized promeide where curious Americans could alk while studying this bit of Europe, hree of the cattle ranches of Texas >ver as much territory as the Sandich Islands, which we were to annex ur years ago. I?* Life, according to the Arabic overb, is composed of two parts : hat which is past, a dream; and iat which is to come, a wish.