Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1902 — Page 4

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TROUBLE_I£ STORE Venezuelan Ports Confronted By Frowning Warships of Foreign Motions. DEBT COLLECTING MEASURES » — I II Ml Great Britain and Gerrrany Send Stem Collectors to Enforce the Payment of Long Standing Obligations Incurred by Castro's Government Caracas. Dec. 9. —The British minister. W. H. D. Haggard, and the German charge d'affaires. Von PilgrimBaltazzi, left Caracas at S o’clock yesterday afternoon for La Guayra where Minister Haggard went on board the British cruiser Retribution and Herr Von Pilgrim-Baltazzi boarded the Ger man cruiser Vineta Both the British and the German legations have been closed. The ministers left Caracas without previously notifying the Venezuelan government, probably in order to avoid any hoatile demonstration. Right On the Spot. Caracas Dec. 9.—The German gunboat Panther has arrived at La Guayra. The English cruiser Indefatigable has left La Guayra for Trinidad on a special mission. THE VLTIMATIM England and Germany Will Wait No Longer. London. Dec. 9. —Great Britain and Germany have presented ultimatums to Venezuela which will be followed tip by the seizure of the customs unless a satisfactory settlement is forthcoming within a brief period. The ultimatums have a time limit, but the exact date cannot be ascertained here. The foreign office states with regard to the time limit: "It is a reasonable time in wh ch Venezuela can satisfy the injured governments. Both notes are practicably identical, although the amounts of the claims differ. The notes merely reiterate the continued disregard by the Venezuelan government of al! our represents tions. specify our claims and demand Immediate action on the part of President Castro’s government in connection therewith."

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The British government’s case is practically identical with the statements made in previous dispatches from London in which it was first announced that the present action was contemplated. Should the British ultimatum meet with a hostile reception the British minister. W. H. D. Haggard. has been instructed to go into the neighboring British colony. The foreign office, however, does not appear to anticipate such a contingency, nor indeed does it look forward to any startling development within ths next few days. Premier Balfour's announcement of the ultimatum in the house of commons yesterday afternoon la regarded as merely the obvious culmination to toe situation which daily has been becoming more critical for the past three months. The foreign office says: “There is not the slightest desire to coerce Venezuela, and if any answer had been made to our repeated protests and demands no such action as now taken would have been proceeded with. It was the persistent and insulting disregard to al! representations which compelled us to move. It is now too late in the day for anything but purely diplomatic arrangements for the satisfaction of our injuries. When the fleets have assembled there is scarcely time to deal with bankers, and a financial settlement should have been suggested long ago and would have been welcomed by both Germany and ourselves. However, any bona fide ptopositlon will receive careful attention. Reconstruction in commercial affairs is always better than liquidation, and if the reconstruction of the Venezuelan finances can be accomplished to the satisfaction of our diplomatic claims and Individual losses, both Germany and Great Britain will have achieved their ends." DIAL LIFE EXPOSED “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Sent to Pen at Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Dec. 6 —George Dickinson. alias Weacott, the burglar, who was arrested about ten days ago after a desperate fight with a policeman and who was discovered by detectives to be a robber by night and a business man by day. was tried and convicted yesterday and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The police accused Dickinson of nearly sixty robberies. but could secure legal evidence in but twenty-five cases. It Is said nearly JIO.OOO worth of Dickinson’s loot was recovered by the police. Posse In Pursuit Santa Fe. N M . Dec. 9 —Mrs. Man uela Gonzales Decasadoa of this city, who was on her way to Cebo’la. and Aaela Saia, were murdered by a negro at a grading camp of the Santa Fe Central railway near Morarity in the southern part of this county. A posse is in pursuit cf the murderer. A Russian Concession. 8t Petersburg. Dec. « -As a result of a petition to the governor of St Petersburg a first mee>:ng of workman to discuse the betterment of their position will be held next Sunday with the sanction of the authorities. The Wary Purchaser. Mrs. Toungwed—And what are these? Dealer—Salt mackerel, mum. Mrs. Y — Are they quite fresh;—Chicago News.

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WOOING ? OF MISS A I PRISCILLA | By Carrie Hunt Latta * lx:. by C. H. Latta J

As she drew near to a small bouse which was bulk, well back from the road Miss Priscilla glanced at it with pretended indifference. Then she looked closer, stopped and looked again. “How shet up Sam’l Clayton’s bouse do look! Mebby he’s went away. Mebby he's went west. He said be would es I didn’t marry him. But, Law me, that was years an’ years ago. an' es he’d ben goln' he’d ’a’ went long ago. Mebby he’s skk an’ all by hisself! I wouldn’t live on a byroad fer a finer farm 'n this of Sam Ta” She took a few steps farther, then stopped. There was a determined look on her face. “It ain’t proper fer a lone wummin ter go ter the house of a lone man, but I ain’t goin’ ter stop fer that ner nothin’ else when tbey’s a prosper’ of Sam’l Clayton bein’ sick with nobody ter complain ter.” She walked briskly up the lane which led to the little bowse. The blinds were drawn and the front gate was closed. The barnyard gate hung open, and the chickens wandered about the dooryard disconsolately, while out in the shed the cow lowed piteously. “No tellin' when that cow’s ben mi'.ked er bow long she’s ben shet up without feed an’ water. Somethin’s happened. 1 hope—oh. I do hope—it ain’t nothin' awful Sam's’* "bout the only friend I’ve got bere’bouts. an’ es be was ter die’— She had to wipe the tears from her eyes before she knocked. There was no answer. Her breath came fast She knocked again. ••What yo" want?” The voice was decidedly cross. Miss Priseilia opened the door cautiously. keeping her face turned away. “SamT Clayton, is they anything the matter?" “Nothin’,” be answered grimly. “ cepttn’ I'm fiat on my back an’ ain’t able ter git up." The door flew open, and Miss Priscilla entered. "1 know I ain’t doin’ the proper thing. Sam’!, so don’t be castin’ up nothin’, but My goodneea, SamT. yo’re as ya Iler as gold.” “That’s comfortin’. Percilly." “Yo’ve got jraller janders. I reckon. I don’t blame yo’ none fer not wantin’ ter git up. Wbea I had 'em. I couldn’t turn over in bed." "I do want ter git up. but I can’t Percilly." “Don’t yo’ be crass. Sam’l. They ain’t no call fer it I’m sorry fer yo’. aw'u! sorry, -n’, though it ain't tha thing I’m goin* ter stay here an’ red things up •owe. Then I’ll git word to yer brother Robert Air yo Urity, Sam’l?" He noddrd. “An’ hungry?" He put out his tcugue at her and made a wry face. “No: I reekce yo’ ain’t hungry, but yo’re weak fer aoawthlD' ter eat an' j»’B git it right sw®." She went into the k“ rhea, and Samuel beard her aautttring and talking to herself She pct her head in at the door. “Is that gasa there oc the table the only one- yo’re got SamT?" “I’m the only cue ter use a glass. Percilly. an’ I never her cump’ny ” “What's it got in it anyhow?" “Ginger tea. Pereiily.” Miss Priscilla picked the glass up and smei’ed of the contents. “Phfew! Sakes alive. I s’pose yo’ fixed itr Miss Priscilla disappeared, taking the glass with her. She soon returned with a glass of sparkling cold water. Miss Priscilla straightened the sheet, pot «:lean ccses uu the pillows, opened the w indows and put the room in order. Samuel's face brightened as be watched her. "Got anything 'bout the Louse ter eat. SamTf she asked presently. "Things as spile easy is bangin' in the welt an’ the rest of the things is In tbe cellar. Percilly.’ Mias Priscilla fed the chickens, milked tbe cow and turned Lee Into tbe pasture. When she returned, she put tbe unik away, then entered the mom again, bringing a cup of hot broth. “it ain’t cooked ’Dough. SamT, but it won't do fer yo’ to go any longer with a itupty stummick. Eat aome.” She propp'd him up In bed and be did as be was bidden. "That’s tbe first good broth I’vo el sence mother died." “I don’t doubt that SamT To re the poreot 'xcuae fer a housekeeper" I ever seen. The whole bouse Is awfuL 1 ain't s'(ntsed yo’re sick. I’d be dead.” “It ain't my fanlt as I’m my own housekeeper. PercJly Blake." be answered significantly. She flushed red. “Well. I see plain as I'll bev to go an' leave yo’ by yourself an’ not wait fer yer brother ter come. iHtn’t make matters unproperer than they air a’red dy.” "My. but yo’ air b'hiud the tiaies! Brother moved ter loway five weeks ngo cornin' Thursday." ’•They * other naybers. Sam’l." she ■napped. All the rest of tbe day she watched for a passing vehicle that sue might hail Its occupant and send for someone to look after Samuel Toward evening »be grew uneasy. She bad refused to talk to Samuel for some time, as he would talk of personal matters, but now she tnraeu to b!m anxiously.

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■S«el I eas t bear ter leave yo’ by yo'rseif ag'ln ternight.'’ “I gz «■• I won’t die it yore anrfoua ter ga Fercilly." "I ain’t anxious ter go. an’ yo’ know tt.” "Then stay an’ let folks talk es they want ter.' “I can’t Toed ter do that. Sam'L” Then there ”ai another long silence. Miss Prix!ll* looked down the' road anxiously, finally going down to the gate to see if she could get a glimpse of any one. He might git woroe in the night.” she murmured to herself. “I never was so put out in all my life.” Samuel looked into her eyes aa she came in. ’’See anybody T be asked. She shook her bead. Percilly. w’y. say. do yo* member what I asked yo" onct?” She made no reply and looked steadily down the road. “Wen.” be went on, “them’s still my feelin’s.” She shaded her eyes as if to see better and did not answer. ”W’y, Percilly, say, es I’m not dead by tnorniu'; won't yo’ book up old Kit to the buggy an’ drive over fer the preacher an’ fetch him over an' hev 'lm marry yo' an’ me’" Miss Priscilla sprang to her feet. Her face was crimson with anger. "Sam’l Clayton, ain’t yo’ 'shamed ter insult me in yo’r own bouse? Do yo’ think that's what I come over here fer? Shame on yo’I” And, covering her face, she burst into tears. ’Per the Lord’s sake, Tilly. now don’t do that. I wouldn’t ’a’ made yo 1 cry fer this farm. Course yo’ didn't ••ome here fer that. Pre ben wantin' ter say this, bow some ver, ever sence I said It that time so long ago. But yo’ know yo’ wouldn't ever let me talk bout it. I'm lovin’ yo’ all this time, so’, Percilly. yo’ jest can't know how lonesome 1 am.” Miss Priscilla wiped her eyes and looked at him. That broth made yo' a heap better didn't it, Sam ir “A heap better," he answered smilingly. '■Well, yore well ’nougb ter leave by yo’rseif, ain't yo'?” “The ’xcitemeut of yer goln' away wuuld ujrtset me. I'm shore.” “Anyhow I'm goin', Sam’].’’ “To' ain’t give me no answer to that question. Tilly. A 'Yes,' said good an’ strong, would cure me." • I'm golu’ home tn’ do the milkin an’ feed the chickens an' do the chores." “I hate ter stay by myself not her night, that i du. 1 hed seek a uncomfortable night las’ night.” "Yo’ pore man!" she said kisdlv. “Well, as I was sayin'. I'll go home an’ do the chores, an’ while I'm there I'D change my dress. I think I'll book up old Belle--! ain't ust ter Kit-an' 1'1) send Bob Culdrvn over ter stay with yo' while I'm away. I'll hev bis wife

come too. They’ll do fer witnesses, yo' know." “Do yo' mean yo're goin’ ter hev me, Percilly?” he asked eagerly. “I reckon I do,” she answered, fingering her sunbounet “ Tilly, they's one thing I wisht yo’d give me 'fore yo' start, somethin’ ter keep up my strength till yo' git back.” He looked at her wistfully. ' More l>eef tea. Sam'l?” she asked, but there was a twinkle 5n her eyes. ’’Yo' know better—somethin’ 1 asked yo' fer an' tried ter steal long time' ago.” She hesitated for an instant, then leaned over and kissed him. Woman'! Sense of II am or. It certainly seems that in much of the humor of women there is a trait closely allied to the retort courteous, as shown, for instance, in the following citations. It was a woman who, en revanche and with gentle satire, said, "I am sorry fur man; just at that awkward age between the ape and the angeb” Another woman it was who remarked after reading the Carlyle letters. "Yes. it is true; Mrs. Carlyle was a martyr, but she wasn't a good martyr, or we'd never have heard of It." Better known is the anecdote of the learned and fastidious New England woman who, being in need of a pin, was asked by a friend, who was somewhat in awe of her, what kind of pin she wanted and bit off the situation wittily with her indignant reply. "The common white pin of North America.” In all these instances one may discern something of 'the look downward.” It would be interesting to know if this is characteristic of the humor of the •ex.—Century. The Postmaster Was Caatloas. I was expecting a letter at a Dakota post office, and when 1 went to Inquire for it I found the postmaster to be doubtful of my Identity. “Sure you’re the man?” he asked. “Os course.” "Willing to make affidavit to it?” "1 am." "Not after any one else's letterat’ “No, sir.” "Willing to swear and sign your name?" "1 told you I wa«.” “Where would the letter be from?" be continued. “Boston, perhaps.” “And written to you?” "( ert.-lidy. You seem to be overparticular here." "Y«, mebbe I am. but being as nobody here bns got a letter for the last month and being ns there is none for you and not likely to be I thought I wouldn't take any desperate chances, you know.” Jastlßable. “Johnson writes that he's Just killed the hero in bls new novel." "VI ell. he needn’t worry over that; •ny Jury will acquit bim!"-Atlant«

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