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Show BIG CRUISER IN THE CAPTURED. Ught Houm Trad pp Mugiovt Makes a ATT1E, what are you doing? Dream- Klvli Ilnul. Key West, April 87. The lighthouse tender Mangrove puffed proudly into Key West harbor yesterday morning with the richest prize of the war thus far. The captive was the Panama, o Captain Quevedo, a big liner and an auxiliary cruiser of the Spanish navy, which has been plying of late between New York and Havana. She had twenty-nin- e passengers, including three women, one Frenchman and one Mexican, and a crew of seventy-twAs the Panama carried two she could easily have annihilated the little Mangrove, and as the latter came into the harbor with her prize there was not a craft that did not salute her with rousing cheers. The Mangrove, under Lieutenant Commander William II. Everett, was cruising along the Cuban coast, navigated by Ensign Palmer, about twenty miles north of Havana. The only other ship of the fleet in sight was the battleship Indiana, three miles to the rear. Lieutenant Commander Everett scented a prize and scudded toward the stranger. When the latter came within range, a shot from the Manwas sent across her groves bows, but the Spaniard ignored the Another shot , challenge and went on. followed without result, but the Mangrove was drawing nearer the stranger, who calmly proceeded on her course, apparently without any intention of trans-Allanti- o. running away. When the third shot was fired the Mangrove was within 100 yards of the Panama, and Lieutenant Commander Everett shouted to the deck officer if she did not surrender he would sink her. The Mangroves officers admit that they expected the 'enemy's to open on them in response to the threat, but the Spaniard promptly came to. Ensign Dayton, the senior officer of the Mangrove, boarded the . prize. The battleship Indiana had seen the capture, and meanwhile drew up to the Mangrove, giving her a lusty cheer. Lieutenant Commander Everett reported to Captain Taylor of the ship, and the latter put a prize crew on board the captive. They then proceeded to the flagship, where a formal report was made and Rear Admiral Sampson ordered Lieutenant Commander Everett to convoy the prize to Key West, WAR REVENUE. Three Changes From the Bill Drafted. ms Originally Will you promise not to doubt my word?" Oh, certainly. Then, Miss Layton, I have kissed no lady for the space of live years. Oh, Guy Is probably faithful to some fair lady who favored him then, suggested Ned Archer. Exactly so, Ned, and he passed to meet his valet, who came with letters. My cheeks were burning, and I arose and fled to my room. Here Kate burst in upon me. "Her you are," she said, merrily, We have been out hunting for you. have made up a party to ride out to the Shaker settlement and take dinner and return by moonlight Wont it be fun, and dont you want to go? No, I guess I had rather stay at home and have a quiet day of it What a little old maid you are! Well, you neednt go unless you want to! and she was off. I watched them drive away. Then I took my sewing and ensconed myself in a baby window in the quiet, cool parlor. " Scarcely had I seated myBelf when some one entered the room, repeating those lines of Leigh Hunts little ballad: "Say Im weary say Im sad. Say that health and wealth have missed me; Sny I'm growing old, but add Jennie kissed me! My heart gave a great bound, for 1 recognized Guy Edgertons voice. Not knowing I was there, he came to the very window where I was sitting. He drew back the curtain and looked in upon me. Why, Mattie, you here! I thought you were out with the riding party. How cozy ypu look here. May I sit down bcsldo you? "Yes, sir, I answered frankly. His dark eyes searched my face for a moment, then he said: I am going away tomorrow, little one; will you redeem your promise before I go? I have carried the kiss you gave me last through all my travels, darling, and have brought it back to you pure as you gave it Will you kiss me and be my wife? I kissed him. Boston Herald. FIFTH YEAH. ing, I declare! Did you know, child, you have just fifteen minutes to dress in before the dinner-be- ll rings?" She had donned her prettiest costume and brightest smiles in honor of the new arrival, Guy Edgerton. How my beautiful sister would have wondered qould she have known that this same new arrival was the hero of my dreams. I will tell you how he came to perform so Important a part in them. We at home home always made it a practice to celebrate the birthdays with a fete. Five years ago, when it lacked but two weeks of my sister's eighteenth birthday, my mother died. We mourned her loss deeply; but Kate, for her oaths sake, given in the shape of enameled Invitation cards, would not give up her usual party. Oh, Kate, " I pleaded, "please dont ' have it! You dont know what you are saying, child. I can not change my plans after the invitations are issued, and father thinks it is best And so it ended. The party came dff, I protesting I would not appear in the drawing-room- ; and I did not. But, sitting alone on the balcony, watched the forms flit to and fro in the brilliant drawing-roo- m. I cried harder than ever. Wont you tell me what grieves this you? At this I told him all How it seemed to me sacrilegious so to treat my mothers memory. He said nothing, only smoothed my hair tenderly until I ceased weeping. As I looked up he said: Little Mattie, I am going away tomorrow going to Europe. Will you ? kiss me I was only 15, so I raised my head and kissed him. Thank you, little one; and when I come back will you give me a kiss of welcome? I have no mother, no sister, Mattie. No one to welcome me back. good-bye- . then left me. For live years I had heard nothing from him, and now he had returned. This la what I bad been dreaming about this pleasant morning. The dinner bell roused me from my reverie, and hastily donning my prettiest blue muslin, I sought the dining- Washington, April 38. The war revenue bill as reported to the house, contains three changes from the bill as room. originally dratted, as follows: A disAs entered my father presented me count of 5 per cent on beer stamps is to Mr.I Edgerton. allowed after the passage of the act "My little daughter, Mattie. I think we are already acquainted, Telephone messages are . subject to a tax of 1 cent on messages transmitted he said, and then passed on. For two weeks every girl at the 30 miles or more, the cost of which does 35 35 exceed cents not cents; between and 50 cents, 3 cents; between SI. 50 and $5, 5 cents; in excess of 15, 10 cents. Telephone and telegraphio messages from the government are exempt from cent taxation. Differential of one-ha-lf on mineral waters and beverages domestic and imported, not otherwise subject to internal taxation, pint bottles containing one pint or less to pay 1 cent; more than one pint, 3 cents. SILVER VOTED DOWN. Vad to Hold Thrlr Nntta Mr. Glad tou One Convoked the Hoiue bj Clapping on Hit of Borrowed Uudtctr. full-dre- ss wide-awa- ke wide-awa- ke When Mr. "Bobby" Spencer and Mr, Sidney Herbert (now elevated to another place") were in the house their hats were miracles of ebony luminosity. "Bobby" was reported to wear three collars a day and two hats a Piccadilly shiner for the afternoon and a "crusher" for the evening. Lord Elcho, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Mr. Percy AUbopp and Mr. Emmott Barlow are the best representatives in the house of the boot and collar brigade. From the tops of their shiny hats to the tips of their shiny boots they are dressed with scrupulous rare. They take the war paint of Piccadilly into the shades of Westminster and brighten up the dull corridors with their radiance. Mr, Herbert Gladstone, Sir Donald Currie and Lord Arthur Hill favor the white hat. They bring visions of the Derby into the house long before that classic event comes off. To complete (he picture moBt of them wear "spats" of similar purity. Then they look festive indeed. To secure a good place in parliament it is necessary for a member to present himself before or during prayers. . Then he can deposit bis hat on a seat and reserve it for the rest of the day, but he must on no account have two hats. Why? Because many years ago members used to visit the house before prayerB, put a duplicate hat on a good seat and retire from the house until It was convenient to return. Then the owner of the hat was sure of a good seat during the most exciting debate. Mr. Big gar upset the hat conspiracy, and from that day to this it has been ordained that no honorable member must leave his hat lying about the house while he is enjoying the pleasure of the day, his head covered, elsewhere. Nut Unlit That Way. "So you think, Uncle Rastus, that the white man will never be a success as a cakewalker? I des know he wont Bah. He aint got de length o heel to he muscle toe get de leeberage on toe glbm de spring, ash. He des nachelly aint got de mechanical principle In he anatomy, sah. Indiana! oils Journal. Keoentrldtj of Grains. Timmins 1 wonder where I could Simget a second-han- d mons Didnt you get a new one a few months ago? Yes, but I thought meb-b- e if I could get one that would write illegibly I might Btand more show for being thought a genius. Indianapolis type-write- r? Journal. GIRL EVANGELIST. 81,200. Democntio Proposition to Coin Seigniorage Defeated in Committee. Washington, April 26. At the meeting of the ways and means committee, Mr. Bailey, on behalf of the Democratic minority, offered the substitute agreed upon by them for the proposition in the bill authorizing the issue of coin bonds. It provided for tax of 3 per cent on Incomes income an sources in excess of 83,000. all from and municipal bonds, State, county were excepted from its prohowever, meet the unanimous decision to visions, of the supreme court in this respect. The minority estimated that such an income would realize 8100,000,000. Coupled with it was the proposition to coin the silver seigniorage, which, at present, amounts to 843,000,000. The substitute was voted down by a strict party vote. No amendments were offered to other provisions of the bill, owlug to the lack of time. There Is Nothing New. Apparently we have aot learned eo much during the last few thousand years or bo as we fancy we have. Prof. W. M. Flinders-Petrithe eminent Egyptologist, has been telling an interviewer of various odds and ends that he has unearthed from time to time In the buried cities of Egypt, where men and women lived and loved, and scheme and fought nearly four thousand years before the Christian era. Among these items were rag dollies, no doubt hugged and rocked to sleep by little Cleopatras every whit as affectionately as the waxen babies made in Germany are today fondled by our small Dorothys and Phyllises. Then wen draught-board- s, too, and fishing and rods, babies rattles, whip-top- s and many a domestic article that we have nowadays in use. What Is more, he and his learned companions wen able to discover from the skeletons of men and women who had lain for considerably more than four thousand yean asleep within the tomb, that we moderns cannot even lay claim to a monopoly of such diseases as rheumatism and spinal curvature, and rickets. The we now know. Is nothing new; next we shall hear that the motor car provoked the charloters to mirth, as an ancient comic papyrus of tno period shows, when Seneferu, first I king of the fourth dynasty, wss on the 'Shrone considerably before Joseph was Md lute bondage. e, 8500,-000,0- 00 . THEY PLAY A PART IN MAKING ENGLANDS LAWS. "llata off, atrangera! la the cry which ringa throughout the house ol commone when buaineaa at St. Steph-en'- a begins. It la uttered In a loud, sonorous voice by a big, burly policeman who ia the most genial autocrat in parliament, says the London MaiL The hat plays a very important part in parliament. It la quite as important to the members as a good suit of clothes. A hat la necessary to put on a seat if a member wants to reserve it during a debate; a hat la necessary if a member wants to challenge a division, for he must do it with his head covered. There was a funny scene in the house one night when Mr. Gladstone rose to put a question on a division. The G. 0. M. always left his hat in the private room set apart for the leader of the house. Knowing that he could not legally challenge the division with hlB head uncovered, he looked helplessly around. A hat was offered to him and he eagerly seised it. It was a beautiful shiny hat, about four sizes too small for .his noble head. Mr. Gladstone stuck It on top of his head with reckless Impetuosity and the house convulsed with laughter at the spectacle. A pantomime clown with a toy hat never cut a more comical figuro. Mr. Joseph Co wen, the rugged democrat, who once represented Newcastle, was the first member in the house of in one day with a hat At that time the silk hat was considered the indispensable headgear of parliament and nobody dared to Introduce another type. Rugged Joe," with his hatred of shams and fashions, stalked in one day with a hat. The house was staggered! Such a hat had never been seen within the sacred precincts. From that hour the decline of the silk hat commenced. Now we have had Kelr Hardie In a tweed cap, John Burns in a bowler and Sir Wilfrid THIEF IN THE FOUR HUNDRED. Lawson in a hat of spotless white. The shiniest hats in the house belong to the New Fork Society Startled by the Free-ene-e boot and collar brigade. There are a of m Woman Culprit. number of men in the house whose New Yorks four hundred is greatly hats are as Immaculate as their collars. disturbed by the presence of a thief an unknown woman thief within Its MISS SCOTT, THE inner circles. Durlhg the past winter thefts have occurred at select functions in widely separated points along Fifth avenue and the adjacent fashionable side thoroughfares, where it would have .been impossible for an ordinary thief to get his nose Inside the basement door. Costly wraps have been claimed by some particular guest and worn away as her own. Valuable sealskin coats have been appropriated by this guest, and their rightful owners have never seen them agalg. In one or two instances costly sealBkin wraps have been taken from the cloak room at private dances, and comparatively poor garments left in their places. Several society women have leagued themselves together for the detection of the unknown, but so far they have not succeeded in catching her. In fact, a theft of the kind waa committed week before last under the very noses of the matrons who had determined upon the capture of the culprit No clew has been found to the identity of the aristocratic culprit save a handkerchief marked F in one corner. It was in the pocket of a cheap fur cape which was left In the place of an elegant sealskin garment worth I was crying bitterly, when a firm step sounded bcBlde me, and, looking up, I met the gaze of Guy Edgerton, my sister Katies ardent admirer. "Why do you not Join the company. Miss Howard? He bent forward and looked In my face. What, in tears, little one! At Will you?" Yes, sir, I sobbed. He said Thank you again, and HATS IN IPARLIAIIENT. KISSED HIM. house, save myself, tried their fascinations upon him, but to no avail. "What a pity! sighed Flo Archer, that his uptown mansion and huge bank stock have no mistress. But her sighs were in vain. The last morning of Mr. Edgerton's stay the subject of conversation turned upon kissing. Mr. Edgerton, sitting by, did not Join in the conversation. Pretty Flo Archer saucily demanded Mr. opinion. Now, really, Mr. Edgerton, don't you like to attend forfeit parties? . No, Miss Archer, I do not, I think a kiss obtained by compulsion no kiss at all. Fie! We shall get up a party on The 8onm Detained, to test you. We believe you tor37. purpose The Falmouth, Eng., April would assist. pedo boat Somers has been forbidden I certainly should not. to leave port, and a British torpedo Mr. Edgerton! You shall do Why, boat has taken up its position in the penance for that speech. harbor to see that the neutrality de"You are to tell what lady you kissed cree shall be respected. The Somers last. "That would not do, as the lady is was purchased from Germany recently and has been undergoing repairs. She present, and would be the sufferer, rather than myself. has a speed of ?3 knots. then, you may tell how long which it "Well, The naval steamer Ireland, since you kissed her. is it is rumored was sold to the United States, has also been detained. Ed-gerto- ns tip-cat- s, I Miss Catharine Scott, the only girl evangelist in this country, has been attracting considerable attention in Philadelphia of late, where she has been holding revival meetings in the Presbyterian churches. Miss Scott is only 22 years of age and enjoys the distinction of being the first woman who has ever been permitted to preach In the Presbyterian churches of the Quaker city. She is a remarkably magnetic talker, and holds her audience with ease, while the religious Influence she apparently exerts over the crowd is remarkable, as is evidenced by the large numbers of converts at all her meetings. When Miss Scott was asked the other day to furnish particulars regarding her career, and to tell why she became an evangelist, she said: I was horn in the suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1876. My grand father on my father's side was a farmer in the north of Scotland, and he waa recognized throughout the country as being one of the most Godly men of his time. My mother comes from one of the oldest country families in Scotland, and from her I have the blood of the old Scottish covenanters in my veins. I was converted at a very early age and after finishing my education, I, with my parents, came to America four years ago. Being brought up in the Presbyterian church from childhood, we united with the Wlgh-tonshlr- e, Bethesda Presbyterian church of Philadelphia. "A number of the ladles of the church, seeing my strong desire to become an evangelist, became very much interested in me, and they sent me to Col. H. H. Hadley, In New York city. I remained In his great mission on East d street for some time, and after spending an enjoyable time with him In his great work, I came back to Philadelphia, God helping me to come out as an evangelist in the Presbyterian church. Aa the church never had been open' to women before, I knew the battle would be a hard one. I went and saw a number of ministers, and they did not seem very willing to let me in, but I held on, and one bright day Dr. Wilbur Chapman of Bethany mission (Mr. John Wanamakers) sent for me to come and address an enormous meeting. I went, and the Sunday school building was packed. That was my beginning. The first man in Philadelphia to open his pulpit to me was Dr. Andrew Jackson Sullivan, of Trinity Presbyterian church, and I held a week's meetings with him last January and on my last Sunday the church was packed to overflowing, and many souls were brought from darkness into light from his church. I have since been In other Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia, and have always been favorably received. Forty-secon- |